South Downs National Park Authority: Pure Town Planning are very pleased to have secured full planning consent for one of our most interesting (and long running) projects. The proposal is a unique project to convert part of a Victorian covered reservoir into a new self-build family home for our clients. The […]
Approved: five family houses on a brownfield site in Poole
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning are pleased to announce that we have recently secured planning permission for the demolition of a workshop and a disused community hall, which is a locally listed building, and the erection of 5 x 3 bedroom dwellings at a brownfield site on Cabot Lane, […]
Approved: block of six flats with associated garages in Canford Heath, Poole
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning have recently secured consent to demolish one existing garage and erect a 3 storey block of 5 garages and 6 flats in the Canford Heath area of Poole. Pure Town Planning had secured consent back in December last year for 4 flats on the site, […]
Approved: new shop front to a listed building in Winchester High Street
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 […]
Approved: Plot split to erect a detached family dwelling on garden land in Branksome Park, Poole
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning are ecstatic after recently negotiating and securing planning consent for the sub-division of an existing side garden to form a new family dwelling in the exclusive area of Branksome Park in Poole. Many developers and property consultants will know that plot splits in Branksome Park […]
Government’s Planning Practice Guidance updated with 10-unit affordable housing threshold
England: Following their success in the Court of Appeal as we reported last week, the Government has returned the national 10-unit affordable housing threshold to its Planning Practice Guidance making it clear to Council’s that this is once again adopted Government policy which they must take into account in making […]
Won on Appeal: Advertisement consent for signage in the New Forest
New Forest District Council: Pure Town Planning have recently won an appeal relating to a site in New Milton, Hampshire gaining consent for two signs on a business premises. Advertisement consent appeals are relatively rare – applicants often don’t think it is worthwhile going to the trouble. In this case however it […]
Court of Appeal OVERTURNS West Berks and Reading judgement – 10-unit affordable threshold is back
England: The Court of Appeal has just handed down judgement in the Governments’s appeal against the West Berkshire and Reading judicial review judgement of 31 July 2015 (see our post here). The appeal has been allowed which reverses the original judgement thus effectively reinstating the Government’s policies which were originally introduced […]
Approved: 20 luxury apartments in Lilliput, Poole
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning are delighted to announce that we have recently secured planning permission for 20 apartments in the prestigious area of Lilliput, near Sandbanks in Poole. The scheme which was designed by local architects Anders Roberts Cheer, proposed the replacement of three houses with two 3-storey blocks of apartments. There were […]
Approved: conversion of former bank to retail and residential in Winton, Bournemouth
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning are pleased to report that we have just secured planning permission to convert an existing commercial premises that was in use as a bank (Use Class A2), into 1 x retail unit (Use Class A1) and 3 x 2 bedroom flats on Winton high street […]