New Forest District Council: Pure Town Planning are very pleased to have secured planning permission for a great scheme of two detached dwellings on a difficult site in Lymington in Hampshire for a developer client. The site, located on the main approach to the town from the southwest, is currently […]
Approved: change of use to adult education centre in Ringwood
New Forest District Council: Pure Town Planning were delighted to recently obtain planning consent for The Stable Family Home Trust (SFHT). SFHT is a registered local charity which helps support adults with learning disabilities. The SFHT offers a range of services to people with learning disabilities from residential provision, domiciliary support […]
New Forest District adopt Local Plan Part 2 and CIL
New Forest District Council: Just a quick update following last month’s post to report that the New Forest District Council has now adopted both its Local Plan Part 2 and its Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule. The Community Infrastructure Levy blanket residential rate of £80 per sqm (and zero […]
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 […]
Hampshire Community Infrastructure Levy update
Hampshire: The somewhat breathtaking news that Hart District Council are intending to charge £800 per square metre Community Infrastructure Levy (Yes! Eight hundred not a typo) in some areas, reminded me that various CIL updates need reporting. Fareham: First up has to be Fareham Borough Council who have adopted CIL and began […]
New Forest policies delayed – Inspector off sick
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 […]
Examinations at New Forest District Council
New Forest District Council has now submitted both its Sites and Development Management DPD and its Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule to the Secretary of State for independent examination. The Secretary of State has appointed Simon Emerson BSc DipTP MRTPI as the Inspector who will undertake both Public Examinations – timetables are yet to be […]
Don’t panic! But do read our big CIL round-up…
The Community Infrastructure Levy is coming! Well except for Portsmouth where it is already there…but everywhere else it is coming. So we thought we would do a quick round up of where everywhere else is. But first if you have not been paying attention to our prophetic bleatings over the […]
Approved: air-source heat pumps on flat in Milford-on- Sea
New Forest District Council: Pure Town Planning made a fleeting but nonetheless successful appearance at the New Forest District Council Planning Committee in Lyndhurst this week. The applicant was worried because local objectors had won the support of the Milford-on-Sea Parish Council, whose own objection was enough to bring the application before […]