Making sense of the various permitted development rights for change of use under Part 3, Schedule 2 of the GPDO is a long way from easy. In particular, many have drawn the conclusion that a local planning authority which fails to determine a prior approval application within the requisite period has granted permission by default. Not so, as we highlighted in No worries.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
One giant leap
As we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing it appears that planning has made one giant leap backwards. Get this: in Hertfordshire an appeal has been allowed and approval granted for change of use from light industrial to windowless flats under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class PA of the GPDO (DCS Number 400-022-545).
The hands of time
If William Morris were still here he might be interested to know that, whilst many of his ideas were considered revolutionary in his lifetime, some have since been absorbed into mainstream planning policy. In particular, he did not share his fellow Victorians’ enthusiasm for turning back the hands of time in relation to the preservation of ancient buildings, and an appeal decision against the refusal of listed building consent for internal alterations to a thatched cottage in Wiltshire (DCS Number 400-022-320) is in line with his philosophy.
Celebrity gossip
Readers who move in certain circles might already be aware that, after his problems with a proposed private chapel on his Suffolk estate, Ed Sheeran does at least now have his wildlife pond sorted out.
Truncated
An inspector has authorised shorter visibility splays than deemed necessary by the council at the access to six dwellings in Suffolk, finding no particular justification for insisting on visibility splays suitable for a trunk road (DCS Number 400-022-073).
News from PlanningResource
- Devon council rejects 'inappropriate' gas-fired power plant September 4, 2019A Devon council has rejected plans for the construction of 20 gas-fired electricity generators on grounds including that the scheme would be "inappropriate development in the open countryside".
- Go-ahead for Jaguar Land Rover plant on unallocated Leicestershire site September 4, 2019Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has secured planning consent for a huge distribution facility and associated development on unallocated agricultural land off the M42 motorway in Leicestershire, after planners concluded that the need for the scheme justified a departure from local planning policy.
- Council sets out environmental measures to end planning freeze blocking 3,000 homes September 4, 2019A measure to secure developer contributions for the creation of new wetlands is included in an interim plan approved by a Hampshire council to allow it to issue a limited number of planning consents for new homes following advice from government agency Natural England earlier this year that all new development in or near protected […]
- Malborough Neighbourhood Development Plan - Plan Made September 4, 2019The Malborough neighbourhood development plan was made part of South Hams District Council's local development framework on 21 March 2019.
- NHS advises 'compact' development to boost public health September 4, 2019Planners should work to support the creation of "compact and connected places" to help tackle "preventable health conditions and poor wellbeing", a report published by NHS England has said.
- Planning application for Britain's first spaceport 'to be submitted this month' September 4, 2019Reports that a planning application for Britain's first spaceport could be submitted this month feature in today's newspaper round-up.
- Five things you need to know about updated CIL guidance September 3, 2019Planning practice guidance (PPG) has been updated to reflect new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) regulations that came into force on 1 September. Here are five key things you need to know about the changes.
- Birmingham planning and development chief to step down September 3, 2019Birmingham City Council's planning and development chief Waheed Nazir is to step down from the post, it has been announced.
- Government's air quality nemesis threatens 100 councils over local plan climate policies September 3, 2019The campaign group which successfully challenged the government's plans to cut air pollution has told 100 English local authorities that they have eight weeks to explain how they will "set evidence-based carbon reduction targets" in their emerging local plans, or face legal action.
- London 'risks becoming dead behind the eyes' September 3, 2019A claim that London risks becoming "boring" and "dead behind the eyes" features in today's newspaper round-up.