Demographics & Population Growth

Appeal: Conversion of family home to 11-bedroom HMO blocked

15.01.2018

Demographics & Population Growth | Environmental | HMO | noise impact | South East

Plans to alter a semi-detached four-bedroom home in Surrey to create an 11-bedroom HMO have been refused, after an inspector ruled that the ‘sheer scale of occupation by 11 unrelated people’...

Appeal: Developer’s profit requirement lowers affordable housing contribution

11.01.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted permission for 41 sheltered housing apartments in Deal, Kent, with a reduced affordable housing contribution, saying the ‘uncertainty associated with sheltered housing...

Can we make sense of Brexit by understanding place?

09.01.2018

Gavan Rafferty

Post-EU referendum analysis pitched the 'Somewheres' against the 'Anywheres'. But, points out Gavan Rafferty, it's a rather more complex picture than that

News analysis: It's not just about the numbers

04.01.2018

Laura Edgar

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) Annual Conference – ‘Better homes, better places’ – took place the day after the Autumn Budget, meaning the Chancellor’s statement was at the forefront of attendees’ minds...

What listening to the radio can tell us about supporters of housebuilding

14.12.2017

Anna Sabine

Research tells us that supporters of new homes are more likely to listen to Radio 1 than Radio 2. This small insight can provide a platform for much better community engagement, insists Anna Sabine-Newlyn...

Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Hove / Hassocks

Appeal: On-site home for rabbi would harm Hove conservation area

01.12.2017

Matt Moody

conservation area | Demographics & Population Growth | Heritage | religion | South East

A rabbi's plan to build a home for his family next to an historic synagogue in Hove to improve its security in light of recent 'anti-semitic feeling' in the area has been refused, because it...

Hammond sets 300,000 homebuilding target

20.11.2017

Huw Morris

Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has committed the government to building 300,000 homes a year.

Appeals round-up: Rural worker’s dwelling could save £6 per cow a day; Occupancy condition on green belt home discharged after 35 years

17.11.2017

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 November-19 November, 2017

Courtroom Gavel - legal changes that affect planners

Legal briefs: Deputy judge guilty of planning scam

17.11.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 11 November-17 November, 2017

Appeal: ‘Care village’ would more than double population of existing settlement

17.11.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for a ‘care village’ comprising 145 assisted living units near Beckford, a Worcestershire village with an existing population of just 260, because it would be...

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