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
- Government reveals 300 projects allocated £900million Getting Building funding August 4, 2020A vertical farming facility in Cumbria, redevelopment of the Big Brother television studios in Hertfordshire, and a new cruise terminal in Hampshire are among the projects that will receive a share of the government’s £900 million Getting Building Fund.
- Greater permitted development rights 'kneecap' the planning system August 4, 2020A warning of the unintended consequences from deregulating urban development leads our round-up of today's newspapers.
- City approves 30-storey, 995 home, private rented sector tower August 4, 2020City councillors in Birmingham have approved plans for a 30-storey development of close to 1,000 homes, after officers advised the benefits of the scheme outweighed heritage concerns.
- Suffolk council concedes errors in considering historic building demolition plans August 3, 2020Heritage campaigners have succeeded in a legal effort to block plans for the demolition of a rural railway station building once used in the filming of TV comedy Dad's Army, after the local council conceded that it had made errors in considering the matter.
- Judge rejects legal challenge against inspector's 460-home Wiltshire refusal August 3, 2020The High Court has rejected a developer's legal challenge to a planning inspector's rejection of its plans for more than 460 homes on a former airfield in Wiltshire.
- Court rejects claim that 'extra care' scheme should not contribute affordable homes because it falls outside C3 use class August 3, 2020The High Court has come down on the side of a planning inspector in a case which considered whether 'extra care' housing developments should make contributions towards affordable homes.
- Milton Keynes MPs call on Jenrick to investigate local planning department August 3, 2020Two Milton Keynes Conservative MPs have backed calls for housing secretary Robert Jenrick to investigate alleged failings in their local authority’s planning team.
- Court backs London council over HS2 works refusal August 3, 2020The Court of Appeal has come down on the side of a west London borough over its decision to refuse consent for works related to the High Speed Two (HS2) rail project.
- Jenrick cites world heritage impact in refusing 185 homes in Derbyshire green belt August 3, 2020Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has dismissed an appeal for a housing development in the Derbyshire green belt after finding that it would cause unacceptable harm to a world heritage site
- 'Radical' planning changes will see land zoned for growth, renewal or protection, Jenrick says August 3, 2020"Radical" changes to the "outdated and cumbersome" planning system due to be published this week will see land designated in three new categories covering growth, renewal or protection, the housing secretary has announced.