New Forest National Park Authority and New Forest District Council: Working as a team with PAD Studio, Pure Town Planning has helped secure a hard-won planning permissions in the New Forest National Park and the New Forest District Council just outside Lymington. It is one of those rare cases where […]
Southampton City Council planning policy update
Southampton City Council: This week sees the hearing sessions of the joint Examination into the City Centre Action Plan (CCAP) and Core Strategy Partial Review. Southampton’s City Centre Action Plan, which seems to have been a very long time in the making, aims to guide development in the south’s largest city centre. […]
New Forest District: the Inspector reports
New Forest District Council: The Inspector has issued his examination reports into both the Local Plan Part 2: Sites and Development Management DPD and the Community Infrastructure Levy Draft Charging Schedule at New Forest District Council. Both have been found sound subject to some modification. The Local Plan Part 2 provides some detailed Development Management […]
Approved: complete remodel and large extensions at Barton on Sea, Hampshire
New Forest District Council: Pure Town Planning are pleased to have secured an approval to totally transform a mundane Barton on Sea bungalow into a fantastic contemporary two-storey dwelling. The scheme was well-designed by Tony Holt Design and gave us surprisingly little trouble. The main difficulty was land ownership issue […]
New CIL regs in force – exemptions for self-builders and home extensions
England and Wales: The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2014 came into force yesterday (24 February 2014) providing new exemptions from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for people looking to build their own homes and house extensions. Many Local Authorities will be relieved that these amendments give them a further year (until […]
Eastleigh launches Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) consultation
Eastleigh Borough Council: The kids down at Eastleigh Borough Council, sandwiched between the CIL high fliers at Southampton City and Fareham Borough and the up-and-coming Winchester City, have gamely thrown themselves back into the ring with a strong second round consultation on a Community Infrastructure Levy Draft Charging Schedule (available […]
Winchester City Council to charge Community Infrastructure Levy from April
Winchester City Council: At long last another local authority manages to adopt the Community Infrastructure Levy (if you need a reminder on CIL then take a look at our briefing note). Winchester City Council adopted its CIL on the 8th January 2014 and it will begin charging as of the 7th April 2014. […]
Pure Town Planning are Carbon Smart
Bournemouth and Winchester: Pure Town Planning are pleased to announce that we have just achieved Carbon Smart Silver Certification for 2014. This is our second year in the Carbon Smart certification programme and we are pleased to move from Blue to Silver Certification based on positive steps to improve our […]
Approved: 28,000 sqft HGV workshop and inert waste infill operation at Micheldever, Hampshire
Winchester City Council (and Hampshire County Council): This complex major project has been ongoing for much of 2013 but Pure Town Planning has just secured the final planning approval for the scheme. The client is a specialist haulage firm based on a countryside site near Micheldever. The initial phase of the […]
Approved: pair of retirement cottages in Romsey
Test Valley Borough Council: Pure Town Planning has just secured planning consent for two semi-detached retirement cottages for a developer client on a brownfield site in Romsey. The main issue in this case was the use of a shared access with an adjoining development site and the way the vehicle turning […]