The New Forest District Council examination hearings into its Sites and Development Management DPD and its Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule were scheduled to take place in November. Unfortunately due to the Inspector now being scheduled for sick leave they are all put off until January. As such we can expect adoption to be delayed […]
EXCLUSIVE: Poole CIL to be delayed!
In August in our big Community Infrastructure Levy round-up we reported that Poole were to begin charging CIL on 01 January 2013. Well now we have exclusive inside knowledge that it is going to be delayed… …until 02 January 2013. Don’t ask us why. Anyway its not too late to sneak […]
Southampton cuts CIL rates – for most
After months of silence finally we hear from Southampton City Council as it opens the next stage consultation on its proposed Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedule. Many will be delighted to hear that prices per square metre have fallen since the preliminary table published last year. They are now […]
Basingstoke do it live!
Now that London 2012 is all over, suddenly there just doesn’t seem enough excitement in this world does there? Well fear not because tonight you can watch live from the luxury of your own sofa the next sensational meeting of the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Planning and Infrastructure Overview and […]
Inspector approves Bournemouth Core Strategy
Planning Inspector Geoff Salter BA MRTPI has issued his report on the examination into Bournemouth Borough Council’s proposed Core Strategy. The conclusion is that subject to the inclusion of the (previously notified and consulted upon) “main modifications” the Core Strategy is ‘sound’. Bournemouth Borough Council can now go ahead and adopt the modified […]
Autumn Examination for Winchester
The examination of Winchester District Local Plan Part 1 – Joint Core Strategy will soon be underway. The Planning Inspector appointed to hold the examination is Nigel Payne BSc(Hons) DipTP MRTPI MCMI will hold a pre-hearing meeting on 12 September. The hearings themselves are scheduled to take place over eight […]
Purbeck also set to CIL development?
Well I did predict it! After a quiet summer we are straight back in the saddle with the next Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) consultation. And yes next to enter the fray is indeed Purbeck District Council. The consultation on its Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule begins today and runs until 16 October. […]
Eastleigh consults again!
You know how it is – sometimes you can wait years for a good planning policy consultation to come round and then you get three in less than a year. Eastleigh Borough Council seems to be working at a fine pace with the last consultation stage on its new Local […]
What is going on at Test Valley?
Good question and one which is of particular interest to a number of our clients. It’s all gone quiet since January when we reported Test Valley Borough Council were consulting on two Development Plan Documents. We were expecting a second consultation round in the summer which has not yet appeared. […]
Bournemouth new planning policies – the latest
It seems that Bournemouth Borough Council’s ambitions to adopt its Core Strategy this summer are being scaled back. They are expecting the Inspector’s report into the Core Strategy towards the end of this month or early next. The report into the Town Centre Area Action Plan will likely follow in […]