Planning Policy | Evans Jones

BNG Consultation Document Published

BNG Review

Grey Belt Planning - South Oxfordshire Council

Grey Belt Planning Appeal

Goodbye 4 Year Rule for Unauthorised Development

New time limits for enforcement come into effect on the 25th April 2024

Is land availability really the problem?

New DLUHC statistics show that the perception that most new development is gobbling up our green and pleasant land is at odds with reality.

New model design code to 'bring back beauty'

Government publishes new National Model Design Code designed to ‘bring back beauty’.

National Planning Policy Framework 2021 Consultation

In response to the Government’s Building Better Building Beautiful Commission ‘Living with Beauty’ report, The Government have published draft revisions to the NPPF.

New London Planning Database

The aim of the new datahub is to make it easier for planning authorities to collect and share data through the new database.

Space Standards for Permitted Development

Earlier this year (2020) Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced that new homes delivered through permitted development rights would have to comply with the Nationally Described Space Standards.

Extension of Temporary Permitted Development Rights

Temporary measures introduced earlier this year which allow pubs and restaurants to provide a takeaway service have been extended until 2022.

Homes on our High Streets

With an ambitious target of delivering 300,000 homes per year by the mid-2020s, how can we build enough homes that people can afford and want to live in? Are our ailing high streets the answer?

Application for Judicial Review - Leckhampton High School

An application for judicial review of the planning decision for a new Cheltenham secondary school has been refused by the High Court.

Permitted Development - Space Standards

New homes delivered through permitted development will have to meet the Nationally Described Space Standards.