Borough of Poole: The Council have been operating the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for two years now and are currently in the process of reviewing the rates. Last week (22 January 2015) the Head of Planning and Regeneration presented a report to the Council’s Economy Overview and Scrutiny Committee which has given us […]
Won on appeal: detached house on garden in Upton, Poole
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning are celebrating another successful outcome with an appeal allowed on a site at Upton near Poole, Dorset. The application site was the end of a garden which had road frontage to the street behind. Our developer client proposed to remove the six foot rear timber fence and erect […]
Legal challenge to new 10-unit affordable housing threshold policy
England: So it seems West Berkshire and Reading Borough Councils have taken the plunge and applied to the High Court for a Judicial Review of the Government’s new 10-unit affordable housing threshold policy introduced at the end of November (see our report on that policy here). We don’t have details of […]
Won on appeal: planning permission for three detached family houses in Poole
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning were pleased to record our first appeal win of 2015 last week with planning permission granted for the demolition of one detached dwelling and the erection of three detached family houses in Poole, Dorset. The appeal site adjoined a street corner site where Pure Town Planning had […]
Further permitted development changes may not happen before the General Election
England: Over the Christmas period the Department for Communities and Local Government published its Ninth Statement of New Regulation: January to June 2015 setting out the measures it anticipates bringing forward in that period (in practice between now and the General Election in May). Absent from that list are additional changes to […]
Approved: Certificate of Lawful Development for a countryside dwelling near Blandford Forum
North Dorset District Council: Pure Town Planning are pleased to have assisted a family obtaining a certificate of lawful development to confirm the lawfulness of a long established dwelling in the countryside near Blandford Forum in Dorset. Last year Pure Town Planning was approached to assist a family regarding a […]
Government introduces national 10-unit affordable housing threshold
England: On Friday (28 November 2014) the Government quietly announced the introduction of a national 10-unit affordable housing threshold. This policy was first muted in last years Autumn Statement and then consulted upon in the proposals in March. Finally now the policy comes into effect. The policy is introduced by way of a few […]
Won on appeal: contemporary overhaul of 1930s Art Deco dwelling
Worthing Borough Council: Pure Town Planning were pleased to win another appeal on behalf of a private client. The application site is a large original 1930s dwelling in a distinctive Art Deco style on the seafront at Goring by Sea near Worthing in West Sussex. The proposed overhaul of the building […]
Bournemouth consults on a new Town Centre Design Guide
Bournemouth Borough Council: Another 70 pages of planning guidance – just what we all need? Well Bournemouth Borough Council are currently consulting on a new Supplementary Planning Guidance entitled “Bournemouth Town Centre Development Design Guide” which is indeed that long. The document is subtitled “Celebrating & strengthening local distinctiveness” and the contents […]
Approved: new church hall in the green belt near St Leonards, Ringwood
East Dorset District Council: Pure Town Planning are pleased to announce our latest planning success in East Dorset District Council. The consent was for outline planning permission for a brand new purpose-built church hall in the green belt just off the A31 at St Leonards in Dorset. The proposed church hall will […]