BCP Council (Christchurch): Matt Annen is please to have secured planning consent for substantial alterations and remodel of an existing bungalow dwelling, including; ground floor extensions, formation of a complete new first floor with contemporary flat roof and first floor balcony offering views over Christchurch Bay on a corner plot in […]
England: On 24th March 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities published a technical consultation response concerning the introduction of the Building Safety Levy in England, which is now expected to be introduced in Autumn 2026. The Building Safety Act 2022 introduced powers to impose a levy on […]
England: Draft Regulations have recently been published confirming that a number of selected steep increases in planning fees are to come into effect on the 1st April 2025. This is in addition to the general inflation-linked annual increase (1.7% this time) which also comes into effect on the same day […]
England: Legislative amendments to increase planning application fees in England have been made and will come into effect on 6th December 2023. The main points are that: The legislative changes are contained within The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations […]
An update to the Use Classes Order in England has come into effect as of 1st September 2020, bringing significant changes to several of the existing use classes. The principal change to the Use Classes Order is the creation of Use Class E which will now include most shops (previously […]
Borough of Poole: Darryl Howells of Pure Town Planning has secured a Certificate of Lawfulness of a Existing Use or Development (CLEUD) to confirm that a planning permission for 2 houses was commenced prior to the expiry date of the permission, despite planning conditions being outstanding. Under Section 191 of […]
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council: Pure Town Planning has won an appeal to convert the Former North Quay Council Offices into 56 self-contained flats. The application utilised permitted development rights that allow offices (B1(a) use) to be converted to residential (C3 use) use subject to compliance with the relevant restrictions. […]
England: A Happy New Year to all our readers, clients and colleagues. But we begin with the news that just before Christmas parliamentary approval was given to the legislation which will introduce a 20% increase to planning fees – the change will take effect from 17 January 2018. This means […]
England: Draft regulations providing for a 20 per cent increase in planning application fees were laid before Parliament on the 19th October 2017. The regulations have to be approved by both Houses of Parliament which is anticipated to be before the end of the year. Once approved the new fees […]
England: Following various government consultations in early 2016, the Department for Communities and Local Government have announced that they are pressing ahead with legislation to create brownfield registers and introduce new planning powers that will allow Local Planning Authorities to grant permission in principle. With effect from 16th April 2017 the […]
