Sometimes, the warm glow which a planning approval notice brings with it can cool on reading the conditions attached, especially if they are pre-commencement conditions with the potential to hold up the development. In these circumstances, it is worth reflecting on whether they were ever agreed to, as a recent appeal case shows (DCS Number 400-024-751).
Monthly Archives: March 2020
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- 'Dozens of airport, road and energy projects thrown into doubt by Heathrow court ruling' February 28, 2020Claims that 'dozens of airport, road and energy projects have been thrown into doubt' by the Court of Appeal Heathrow ruling because the judgment has 'wider implications for keeping climate change at the heart of all planning decisions' feature in today's newspaper round-up.
- Barton Willmore, Lichfields and Pegasus still plan to go to MIPIM despite withdrawal of other big firms February 28, 2020Three of the UK's biggest planning consultancies and the biggest planning law firm have said today they are still intending to attend the MIPIM property conference in France next month, though a number of other firms have announced they are not going due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak.
- Building on green belt among 'difficult choices' facing councils and communities in drive to boost housebuilding, Jenrick warns February 28, 2020Councils, communities and government are going to have to make 'difficult choices' as 'substantially more' homes need to be built in all parts of the country, including on green belt, the housing secretary has warned.
- Housing secretary says ministers will enact 'almost all' of Beauty Commission's recommendations February 27, 2020The government will be responding to the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission report 'later this year' and will be looking to enact 'almost all' of its recommendations, housing secretary Robert Jenrick said yesterday.
- The planning work needed now HS2's future has been confirmed February 27, 2020The government's announcement of support for the High Speed Two project after months of uncertainty signals the resumption of years' worth of determining applications for local authorities and opportunities for consultants, say observers.
- The councils set to lose their five year housing land supply due to the delivery test February 27, 2020The 2019 housing delivery test results mean that eight councils are now subject to the National Planning Policy Framework's presumption in favour of sustainable development. However, three more local authorities are likely to also be subject to the same penalty as a result of their housing land supply buffer increasing under the test, research by […]
- Neighbourhood Watch: Council blocks forum designation on diversity grounds February 27, 2020News that a Berkshire council has rejected a community group's application to be designated as a neighbourhood planning forum over representation concerns, including worries about a "lack of diversity" in terms of age and gender, features in the latest Neighbourhood Watch update.
- 10 key things that happened this week February 27, 2020Ten of the biggest stories from the past week, including news that an Essex council has has imposed a moratorium on approving planning applications for new development near to a protected woodland due to Natural England advice.
- NIC should prepare national spatial plan to tackle 'ad hoc' policy approach, says Kerslake report February 27, 2020The government's infrastructure advisory body should prepare a national spatial plan for England to address the problem of 'incremental, short-term and ad hoc' government policy that has no 'proper planning context', according to the final report of a commission chaired by the former head of the civil service.
- Heathrow judgement reaction: 'Decision drives bulldozer through expansion plans' February 27, 2020Reaction has been coming in to this morning's Court of Appeal ruling against the government's Airports National Policy Statement, with one commentator saying the judgement "drives a bulldozer" through Heathrow's long-delayed expansion plans.