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. […]
Purbeck Core Strategy – death by consultation fatigue?
Just over a month ago we reported that Purbeck District Council had finally reached the stage of Public Examination of its Core Strategy. We also noted that in reaching this milestone Purbeck had clocked up an impressive (or depressing depending on which way you look at it) nine stages of […]
Approved: conversion of stables to holiday house at Lytchett Matravers
Purbeck District Council: Just because we are called Pure Town Planning, it doesn’t mean that we can only get planning approvals in towns and cities – not at all. In fact Pure Town Planning’s latest planning approval was for the conversion of a stable block located outside of the settlement […]
Purbeck District Council reach planning policy milestone
Unbelievably it is ten years since the public inquiry closed into the Purbeck Local Plan. That plan, already long in the making, was overtaken by the planning system shifting around it and ultimately could not be adopted. This still leaves Purbeck as one of the very few Council’s without an adopted Local Plan […]
Dorset Heathlands – new consultation, old document
Anyone who has been developing in the eastern half of Dorset area over the last few years will be all too familiar with the ramifications of the Dorset Heathlands on new residential development in the area. The Dorset Heathlands comprise hundreds of fragmented heathland remnants which are internationally designated habitats […]