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).
Monthly Archives: July 2019
News from PlanningResource
- Why a ministerial call for more a more pragmatic approach to local plan examinations may lower the soundness bar July 11, 2019A letter from the housing secretary advising inspectors to be more "pragmatic" when examining local plans has prompted concerns from some in the development sector that inadequate strategies could be "waved through", but other commentators expect it will make little practical difference.
- Five things we learnt at the Planning Officers Society conference July 11, 2019The Planning Officers Society (POS) held its annual conference in Nottingham last week. Here are five key things we learnt from the conference:
- Why the expected sharp rise in councils' net revenue development spending may not benefit core planning July 11, 2019The latest government figures show that council net spending on economic development is set to rise sharply this year, while it is unclear what impact last year's application fee rise has had on planning team income.
- 10 key things that happened this week July 11, 2019Ten of the biggest stories from the past week, including news that a local authority in Berkshire has launched a consultation in a bid to secure the backing of local residents to depart from the government's standard method for assessing housing need.
- Go-ahead for 38,700 sqm Milton Keynes office scheme July 11, 2019Plans for a new 38,700 square metre "landmark" office development for Santander bank in Milton Keynes have been approved by the local authority after planners concluded that the development would boost employment and economic activity in the area.
- Just 2% of public trust developers on planning for large-scale schemes, Grosvenor poll finds July 11, 2019Just seven per cent of the public trust councils and only two per cent trust developers when it comes to planning for large-scale development, a survey by one of the UK's biggest property firms has found.
- Campaigners lose legal fight over Oxbridge expressway 'preferred corridor' decision July 11, 2019A bid by campaigners to challenge the Department for Transport's (DfT's) selection of a "preferred corridor" for the proposed Oxford to Cambridge Expressway on environmental impact grounds has been blocked by the High Court after a judge ruled that the scheme's route had not yet reached a stage where formal environmental or habitat assessments were […]
- High Court rules that inspector was not overly restrictive in refusing 375 homes on highway safety grounds July 11, 2019Plans for 375 new homes in Buckinghamshire have been put back to square one after a High Court judge ruled that the planning inspector who refused the project was entitled to conclude that highway safety concerns had yet to be resolved.
- Inspectors question green belt release approach in St Albans local plan July 11, 2019Planning inspectors have written to a Hertfordshire council to question the authority's justification for the release of green belt land in its long-emerging local plan.
- Global cities face 'dramatic' changes to climate as global warming bites July 11, 2019A report that nearly eight in 10 cities across the world will experience "dramatic changes" in climate as global warming bites over the coming years features in today's newspaper round-up.