Building on the Greenbelt
As Government cries out for more housebuilding it is often stymied by local restrictions, whetherit be landscape such as National Parks or […]
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Planning’s Ultimate Curse
There is a phrase in the lexicon of each and every planning professional in the country that is the ultimate curse! Forget […]
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Flexible options for amending planning permissions are more bendy than first thought!
I have a dilemma at the moment! We are looking at a scheme for a client and the architect is insisting that […]
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Farm Diversification Booster?
On the 26th January the snappily titled Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 came into force […]
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Is C4 to 7 Person HMO a Material Change of Use?
Change of use from C4 to Sui Generis is a very common planning application that is submitted to the LPA’s in a […]
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Goodbye Class G – Hello Super G….but there is a catch! – Updated October 2021
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (snappy title!) was laid before parliament on […]
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Are HMO’s now supported within the National Framework?
Back in 2012 the NPPF included an important paragraph. To deliver a wide choice of high quality homes, widen opportunities for homeownership […]
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Decision Making Behaviour
It is fair to say that planning authorities in England have their favourite forms of development and in equal measure those developments […]
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Class MA – Thoughts on the Starting Line!
On the 1st August 2021 the starting gun is fired and Class MA becomes available to applicants as an application type. Class […]
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