Winchester City Council: Pure Town Planning has recently secured planning permission and listed building consent for a new shop front in a listed building in the heart of Winchester‘s historic High Street. The proposed shop front replaces a nondescript modern shop front with something more in keeping with the historic […]
Won on appeal: large replacement outbuilding near Bishops Waltham, Hampshire
Winchester City Council: Pure Town Planning recently won a planning appeal to overturn a refusal of planning permission by Winchester City Council. The appeal site was a countryside cottage and smallholding. Our client was seeking to replace an old milking shed with a new multi-purpose domestic outbuilding on the same […]
Approved: change of use to chiropractic clinic near Winchester
South Downs National Park Authority (Winchester City Council): At Pure Town Planning we take on work of all sizes and often the small jobs can be just as satisfying as the bigger ones. We recently helped secure consent for a client just down the road from our Hampshire office in […]
Approved: two detached houses and two apartments in Chilbolton Avenue, Winchester
Winchester City Council: After a long and involved planning application process Pure Town Planning are pleased to report successful negotiation of a planning consent in Chilbolton Avenue in Winchester. The proposal is to demolish one of the streets original detached dwellings and erect three detached buildings on the site, two […]
Winchester publishes Local Plan Part 2 for consultation
Winchester City Council: Winchester City Council has just published a draft of its Local Plan Part 2 – Development Management & Allocations document for consultation. This forthcoming planning policy document will apply only to the City Council area outside the South Downs National Park. It is an important document however because it sets out most […]
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 […]
Won on appeal: extension against local policy in South Downs National Park
Winchester City Council: Pure Town Planning were pleased to succeed in a tricky appeal in the South Downs National Park and gain planning consent for our clients to extend their semi-detached dwelling at Bramdean, Hampshire. Adopted local plan policy CE.23 in the Winchester City Council area (applicable both within and […]
Winchester City Council to charge Community Infrastructure Levy from April
Winchester City Council: At long last another local authority manages to adopt the Community Infrastructure Levy (if you need a reminder on CIL then take a look at our briefing note). Winchester City Council adopted its CIL on the 8th January 2014 and it will begin charging as of the 7th April 2014. […]
Approved: 28,000 sqft HGV workshop and inert waste infill operation at Micheldever, Hampshire
Winchester City Council (and Hampshire County Council): This complex major project has been ongoing for much of 2013 but Pure Town Planning has just secured the final planning approval for the scheme. The client is a specialist haulage firm based on a countryside site near Micheldever. The initial phase of the […]
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 […]