We have secured planning consent for 15 luxury apartments at a hotel on the Isle of Wight. Our client was faced with difficulty selling his hotel as a going concern, so approached us for help with trying to make his property a more attractive investment.
Plainview Planning managed the whole planning application process – pre-application [...]
Continue Reading →A lot of it is ‘hot air’ in my opinion. Every year one politician or another says they want to change the planning system to say ‘Yes!’. PPS1, the key planning policy statement, already mentions that the aim of planning is to enable development.
The actual text from the Budget is:
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Continue Reading →The Localism Bill
The Localism Bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on Monday 13th December. The first reading is really just the formal announcement of the arrival of the Bill. The main debates, and opportunities for members of Parliament to amend the Bill, take place at second reading, committee stage, third reading; [...]
Continue Reading →The web publication, Local Government Lawyer, has helpfully summarised the key impacts on housing and planning detailed in the Comprehensive Spending Review 2010. Not much detail of how it will all work, but a statement of intent if nothing else:
Housing
Social housing is to be made “more responsive, [...]
Continue Reading →We have been helping many home based business recently who have had a knock on the door from a Planning Enforcement Officer. Recent cases include:
Nail salon Hairdresser Private Tutor Music Teacher Bed and Breakfast EBay business Childminders
In all of these cases the Council took the view that the [...]
Continue Reading →Everyone seems to think that their own Local Planning Authority (LPA) is ‘notoriously difficult’ to secure planning permission from. Well, we thought we would actually look into which LPAs are toughest to get your development past.
My favourite fact that we unearthed from this exercise is that the London Borough [...]
Continue Reading →We regularly help developers negotiate and put together S106 Agreements, Unilateral Undertakings and now ensure compliance with the Community Infrastructure Levy.
S106 and unilateral undertakings are agreements governed by section 106 (S106) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The purpose is to allow a local planning authority to enter into a legally-binding agreement [...]
Continue Reading →In 2009/2010 a staggering 82,500 planning applications were refused or withdrawn, and the year before this figure was even higher at 102,000. Let’s not forget that for much of this period the UK was in a recession, and yet these economy boosting developments were being knocked back.
I thought it would be interesting to guestimate [...]
Continue Reading →We have recently won two planning appeals for residential extensions against Brighton and Hove Council. The Inspector in both cases concluded that the proposal would not detract from the character and appearance of the existing dwelling and would not conflict with the Council’s adopted policies and supplementary planning guidance.
In the first appeal we made use [...]
Continue Reading →Planning Conditions can make or break a development. Sometimes they can be used to push through a development that would otherwise be refused, but equally they can be so restrictive as to make the development infeasible.
So, what do you do if you have received a permission with conditions that [...]
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