We all know that a sitting room is a habitable room and that a bathroom is not a habitable room. But what about a study? According to one inspector, determining an appeal in north London (DCS Number 200-009-576), a study in a neighbouring property could not be assessed as a habitable room:
Monthly Archives: September 2020
News from PlanningResource
- Hertfordshire council blames pandemic for local plan delay September 1, 2020A Hertfordshire local authority has pushed back the publication of its new draft local plan from this year to next spring, saying coronavirus measures have held up the public consultation process.
- Natural England looking to double the number of councils operating new newt licensing initiative September 1, 2020Government advisory body Natural England intends to more than double the number of local authorities involved in a programme to allow developers to compensate for the loss of great crested newt habitats via a one-off up-front payment, it has been announced.
- Inspector backs South Oxfordshire plan's 'justified' housing target and green belt releases September 1, 2020The inspector examining the troubled South Oxfordshire local plan has concluded that it is "justified" in setting a homes target at a higher level than would arise from the standard housing need method, its spatial strategy is "sound" and there are "no reasonable alternatives" to the document's proposed releases of green belt land.
- Cities 'will not die' in wake of coronavirus pandemic September 1, 2020A claim that cities like London "will not die" in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and "their benefits could become more diffuse" features in today's newspaper round-up.
- Legal challenge to block government's latest use class order and permitted development changes lodged in High Court August 28, 2020A campaign group has progressed its legal bid to block the government's latest deregulation of planning rules, which aims to suspend the impending introduction of the town centre use class shake-up as well as new residential permitted development (PD) rights.
- Report sets out strategic planning benefits of creating county-wide unitary authorities August 28, 2020Reorganising England’s local government into larger county-wide unitary authorities would help strategic planning for housing and infrastructure, according to a new report commissioned for the County Councils Network by multinational professional services firm PwC.
- Three Gloucs districts bid to form two new unitaries covering the county August 28, 2020Three Gloucestershire district councils have launched a bid to merge the county's seven local authorities into two unitaries, with the promise that it would "help provide a more strategic overview of planning".
- Planned homes 'fell below the government's minimum space standards' August 28, 2020Refusals of homes considered to be "too small" and a "huge" 5G phone mast lead our round-up of today's newspapers and online news.
- Plans approved for new eco-friendly HS2 station in Solihull August 28, 2020Plans for a new eco-friendly High Speed Two (HS2) station in Solihull have been approved, despite concerns about the scheme's potential impact on a nearby regeneration scheme and on lighting levels in the area.
- 10 key things that happened this week August 27, 2020Ten of the biggest stories from the past week, including a High Court case which ruled that a housing developer was not bound by a planning obligation tied to an earlier permission.