Reaction to Right to Build Proposals
Industry responds negatively to Coalition Government planing announcements
Community Right to Build
Grant Shapps announces proposals which will give the community the right to build
Emergency Budget - Implications for Property Sector
Impact of budget upon property and development
Scrapping Regional Spatial Strategy
Government announces that all Regional Spatial Strategies are to be scrapped
Houses in Multiple Occupation - Coalition Government Reverse Labour Policy
The Coalition Government have reversed the use class amendments which came in force in April 2010
Reclassification of Domestic Gardens (Garden Grabbing)
PPS3 Amended to remove gardens from Brownfield Land classification
General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) Amendments
Expanded permitted development for Industrial/Commercial Developments
Houses in Multiple Occupation - Use Class Change
Circular 05/2010 Creates new Use Class for student lets and other forms of residential occupation
Renewal of Planning Permission - Revised Fees
Application for New Planning Permission to Replace an Extant Planning Permission - Revised Fee Schedule
Planning Green Paper
Conservative Green Paper - Open Source Planning
4 year Rule - Single Dwellings - Enforcement
Two contrasting cases highlight potential for unscrupulous land owners to circumvent planning laws.
Care in the community planning appeal win.
Evans Jones LLP Jones wins appeal and an award of costs against Council for house to be used as a care in the community home
PPS 4 Published
PPS 4- New guidance for planning and economic development
Extensions and replacement dwellings
General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) Interpretation.
Extension of time for planning permission
New Provisions came into force on the 1st October 2009 allowing simplified extension of time applications.
Code For Sustainable Homes CfSH Appeal Win
Appeal Inspector allows scheme to proceed without achieving code level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
Planning Appeals and Householder Appeals
The Planning Act received Royal Ascent in November last year; one of the main aims is to expedite the appeal process with a focus on ensuring that schemes are dealt with by the correct procedure…
Sports Netting Planning Appeal Won
Following the refusal of planning permission by Tewkesbury Borough Council in August 2008 a government inspector has now allowed an appeal against the Local Authority’s refusal of…
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) delayed till Autumn 2009
It has been reported that the much discussed Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will undergo further consultation. It is unlikely that the CIL provisions will take effect until October 2009 at…
Costs Award for Written Appeals
It may soon be possible for costs to be awarded on written representation appeals, following a government consultation on the issue. Under the Planning Act 2008, the Planning Inspectorate will…
Killian-Pretty Review
The Killian-Pretty Review, published on the 28th of November 2008, has made a number of recommendations to speed up the planning application system. The recommendations are aimed at reforming the…
General Permitted Development Order 2008: Replacement Dwellings
New regulations regarding permitted development rights for householders came into effect on 1 October 2008. The regulations have relaxed the need for planning permission on certain householder…
Garden Grabbing vs Green Belt
Local authorities across the country are grappling with the thorny issue of what is emotively termed ‘garden grabbing’ - the development of larger rear gardens within often high…
Evans Jones secures planning approval for new sports development
Evans Jones LLP, the Cheltenham-based firm of building surveyors, architects, planners and access consultants, has secured planning approval for a new grandstand, changing rooms, multi-use games…
Cheltenham Borough Employment Land Review
Past, Present and Future
Housing and Planning Delivery Grant
The new Housing and Planning Delivery Grant (HPDG) was released for formal consultation in July 2006 in wake of Kate Barker's Review of Housing Land Supply (2005) One of Barker‘s key…
Planning for Sustainable Waste Management (PPS10)
The arrival of PPS10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management (July 2005) has impacted on the way in which Local Planning Authorities prepare Development Plans (Local Plans and Local Development…
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