England: Here we go again, another consultation on changes to the planning system from the Department for Communities and Local Government. This time the Government are seeking views on a whole range of proposed measures but probably most relevant to our clients will be further possible changes to permitted development rights. […]
Approved: Office (B1) to residential (C3) permitted development consent creating 20 new residential apartments in Christchurch
Christchurch Borough Council: Pure Town Planning are proud to announce that we have just secured permission for another Prior Approval – office (B1) to residential (C3) permitted development consent. The consent saw the transformation of redundant upper floor offices into 20 residential apartments (a mix of 1 and 2 bedroom flats) in a […]
Approved: larger permitted development house extension in Winchester
Winchester City Council: Pure Town Planning has just received confirmation from Winchester City Council that a larger rear extension proposed at a house in Harestock may go ahead. The owners are taking advantage of the time limited permitted development right introduced last year allowing larger single storey rear extensions in […]
Approved: Bournemouth’s largest office (B1) to residential (C3) permitted development consent – 191 residential units!
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning are proud to announce that we have just secured a Prior Approval consent for the largest office (B1) to residential (C3) permitted development consent in Bournemouth. The consent is for the transformation of a redundant 7-storey office building in the Lansdowne area into 191 residential studio […]
De ja vu? More new permitted development rights…
England: Well it must be that time of year again. The Government have published a new amendment to the General Permitted Development Order introducing a number of new permitted development rights for change of use coming into effect 06 April 2014 including: 1) Use Class A1 and A2 to residential […]
Approved: office to residential permitted development consent in Southbourne, Bournemouth
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning have just secured the first (of many in the pipeline) Prior Approval consents for the straight change of use of two office buildings in Seabourne Road, Southbourne into 4 semi detached (2 x two bedroom and 2 x three bedroom) residential dwelling houses. The proposal […]
Approved: permitted development extension (new larger rules) to property in Avon Causeway, Christchurch
Christchurch Borough Council: The relatively new permitted development rights set out in The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013 which include the potential for larger single-storey rear extensions to dwellings (see our Briefing Note) came into force on 30 May 2013, just over 7 months ago. […]
Bournemouth and Poole: where have all your empty offices gone?
Bournemouth and Poole, Dorset: I have been surprised by the lack of take up of the new permitted development right to change the use of B1 offices into C3 residential particularly in Bournemouth and Poole. Over in Southampton the applications for prior approval have been rolling in including plans to convert […]
Approved: first larger permitted development extension in Eastleigh
Eastleigh Borough Council: The new permitted development rights set out in The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013 which include the potential for larger single-storey rear extensions to dwellings (see our Briefing Note) came into force on 30 May 2013. The same day we served notice on Eastleigh […]
Updated: the Pure Town Planning handy guide to the Use Classes Order
England: Everyone loves a free download and this handy look-up sheet has long been our most popular. We have just updated it to reflect recent changes to permitted development rights – click on the image to download the latest version. The enquiries are beginning to trickle in on the new […]