Dorset Council: Matt Annen, has recently secured consent to vary conditions attached to a previous planning consent (which Pure Town Planning also secured) to enable an increase in the number of weddings per year at Abbots Court in Winterborne Kingston to take it from 30 to 50 weddings per year. The […]
Planning Policy Update: BCP new Parking Standards SPD adopted
BCP Council: Darryl Howells can report that late last night (5th January 2021), the Full Council resolved to adopt the new Parking Standards SPD, that we previously reported 3 weeks ago. The adoption of the new SPD supersedes the Council’s previous documents namely Poole’s Parking & Highway Layout in Development […]
Planning policy update: BCP Parking Standards
BCP Council: Darryl Howells can report that this morning, the Council’s Cabinet meeting considered and voted upon the new draft Parking Standards SPD, and their resolution was to endorse the document so it proceeds to Full Council on 5th January, with the recommendation to adopt it as the new Council […]
Borough of Poole proposes new Community Infrastructure Levy charges soon to come into effect
Borough of Poole: Following examination by the Planning Inspectorate the Borough of Poole have now published their latest Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) draft charging schedule which they propose to replace their current schedule. Community Infrastructure Levy is a locally set charge which can be applied to development to help fund infrastructure […]
Approved: change of use to 6-bedroom HMO in Bournemouth
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning have recently secured planning permission for conversion of a dwelling to a 6 bedroom HMO (house in multiple occupancy) in Kinsbourne Avenue, Bournemouth. The application site is well located to neighbouring district centres of Moordown and Wallisdown, providing both retail and community facilities for […]
Swanage Local Plan adopted in Purbeck District
Purbeck District Council: Purbeck District Council have now adopted the Swanage Local Plan (2017) after an independent Inspector found the document to be sound. As a result, the document becomes part of the Development Plan and planning applications must be determined in accordance with the relevant policy unless material considerations […]
North Dorset District Council concede lack of five-year housing land supply
North Dorset District Council: Despite the adoption of their Local Plan Part 1 in January 2016, North Dorset District Council have confirmed that they no longer have a five year housing land supply. As part of the local plan process and as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, […]
Weymouth and Portland and West Dorset councils consult on local plan review
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council and West Dorset District Council: Despite only adopting their Joint Local Plan in October 2015, Weymouth and Portland Borough Council and West Dorset District Council have begun reviewing their adopted local plan. The main purpose of the early review (which was ordered by the Inspector […]
Christchurch and East Dorset Councils begin charging CIL in January 2017
Christchurch Borough Council and East Dorset District Council: The final few authorities are getting their acts together and adopting the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). These two Council’s recently adopted their CIL charging schedule and have announced that charging will commence on 03 January 2017. This means that CIL will be applied […]
Weymouth and Portland and West Dorset Councils issue a call for sites
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council and West Dorset District Council: West Dorset District Council and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council are already reviewing their recently adopted Joint Local Plan – plans take so long to produce that Council’s begin working on the next pretty much as soon as the last […]