At last! Working together West Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council have produced a draft Joint Local Plan and have published it for “pre-submission” consultation. Whilst the document will function as the Core Strategy under the new Local Development Framework rules it will also do everything the old […]
Eastleigh Borough Council forced to consider extending housing allocations
Eastleigh Borough Council today launches a new consultation following up its Local Plan consultation in the winter. It seems that the latest evidence suggests under performance against housing figures, partly as a result of lower densities coming forward. So they are having to consult on enlarged housing allocations which includes […]
Approved: detached bungalow in Charminster
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning have just received another approval, this time for a detached bungalow in Charminster. The site consists of an old workshop set behind two detached houses with only a pedestrian access from the street. The scheme proposed to demolish the existing workshop (which almost filled the […]
Where are they going to put the new houses in Havant?
This is the principle question facing those responding to Havant Borough Council’s current informal consultation on its forthcoming Allocations Plan. The last two exhibitions in a series are being held today but to avoid having to venture out in this heat all is available online here. You only have until the […]
Approved: alterations to an approved ‘super’ dwelling in Lilliput
Borough of Poole: Here at Pure Town Planning we are happy to assist with planning matters large and small. Our latest planning approval was for a number of alterations to an approved large 6 bedroom ‘super’ dwelling in Lilliput. The alterations were only minor in the form of inserting […]
Approved: new science and technology centre at College in Poole
Borough of Poole: The Bournemouth and Poole College can now proceed with plans to create an exciting new specialist facility for teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects at its North Road campus after Pure Town Planning secured planning permission. As part of the conversion to the new facility, […]
Worried about new “concealment” enforcement powers in the Localism Act?
Over the last few months we have noticed that the thing people are most consistently searching for information about on our website is the new enforcement powers brought by the Localism Act 2011 – specifically that intended to crack down on concealed breaches of planning (see previous post here). There has been far […]
Unlawful decisions stall Basingstoke planning policy progress
Back in February we reported on the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council pre-submission Core Strategy consultation. Progress on the Core Strategy has now been halted by a successful legal challenge brought about by the Manydown Company Limited in relation to the failure of the Council to allocate land for housing development at […]
Won on appeal: substantial two storey extension in Bournemouth conservation area
Bournemouth Borough Council: Our very first appeal decision at Pure Town Planning and it was allowed (that’s a win)! The proposal was for a two storey extension in a Bournemouth Conservation Area. The Council said it would harm the spacious character of the Conservation Area and that two parking spaces […]
What does Matt do?
I think we all would like to know more about that and we’re in luck because he has just been profiled on the excellent What People Do website! This site aims to aid career choices by simply profiling what a different person does (for a living) every day of the […]