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.
A2 Use approved for new Churchdown Estate Agency
Tewkesbuiry Borough Council approve application for change of use from retail(A1) to professional services (A2)
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
Green Travel Plan
Green Travel Plan Case Study
PPS 4 Published
PPS 4- New guidance for planning and economic development
Extensions and replacement dwellings
General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) Interpretation.
Eco Home Appeal Success
Evans Jones LLP wins appeal for Eco Home.
Shop front Appeal Success
Evans Jones LLP secure consent at appeal for retention of unauthorised shop front.
Extension of time for planning permission
New Provisions came into force on the 1st October 2009 allowing simplified extension of time applications.
Cleansheet Foundation Uganda Cycle Ride 2009 - Update
David Jones Completes leg 3 of Uganda Charity Cycle Ride
HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation) Consultation Draft
Consultation on changes to Use Classes Order seeking to provide greater control of HMOs.
Cleansheet Foundation Uganda Cycle Ride 2009
Partner: David Jones following rigorous training regime in readiness for gruelling 600 mile charity cycle ride.
Code For Sustainable Homes CfSH Appeal Win
Appeal Inspector allows scheme to proceed without achieving code level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
Evans Jones LLP Supports Cleansheet Foundation Uganda Cycle Ride 2009
David Jones to take part in Charity cycle ride to Uganda Expedition 2009
Code for Sustainable Homes (CfSH)
Evans Jones now provides 'in house' assessment of new housing to ensure compliance with the Code For Sustainable Homes (CfSH).
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…
Unauthorised extension permitted by Government Inspector
Following an appeal hearing held in November, Government inspector Tim Belcher has allowed a controversial extension to be retained. The owner of the property, know as Heathcote in Haywards…
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…
Evans Jones appointed to manage rugby club planning application
Evans Jones LLP was appointed in October 2007 by Hemel Hempstead Amateur Rugby League Football Club and Slick Developments Limited to manage the preparation of the planning application for a new…
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…
Evans Jones reaches finals of Citizen & Echo Business Awards
Design Excellence Awards
Planning and architecture teams work hand in hand
Redcliffe Homes is one of the few privately managed house building companies in the South West of England and Wales. Concentrating on a small number of distinctively designed developments in…
Permission for redevelopment proposals at The National Star College secured
Evans Jones LLP has secured Planning Permission for new residential, therapies, reception and educational accommodation at The National Star College. Gaining permission was fundamental to the…
Driving development forward for National Star College
Evans Jones LLP, has re-submitted proposals for the development of new residential, therapies, reception and educational accommodation at The National Star College, Ullenwood. The Cheltenham…
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…
Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3)
The Government's long awaited revision of Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 (Housing) has created a stir throughout the industry. In launching Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) the Government has…
Travel Plan initiative launched
Evans Jones LLP, the firm of surveyors, architects, planners and access consultants is practicing what it preaches by launching its own Travel Plan initiative. Travel Plans seek to reduce…
Planning Policy EM 67 stifling growth in Cheltenham
Cheltenham Borough Local plan policy EM67 seeks to restrict the conversion of business premises to non-business uses (such as housing). The policy was included in the Cheltenham Borough local…
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