Housing

Appeals round-up: House approved on site ‘not well placed’ for a dwelling; Community centre would be sixfold breach of policy threshold

19.10.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 October-19 October, 2018

Appeal:  House approved on site ‘not well placed’ for a dwelling

19.10.2018

Matt Moody

accessibility | five-year housing supply | Housing | Rural | South East

An inspector has allowed plans for a new home on a site in the High Weald AONB that he called ‘not well placed relative to services and facilities’, in light of the council’s housing land...

Appeal: 100 homes approved in light of Swindon’s ‘serious’ housing shortfall

19.10.2018

Matt Moody

five-year housing supply | golf course | Housing | housing allocation | South West

Plans for 100 homes north of Swindon can go ahead despite landscape harm and conflict with the local development plan, an inspector has ruled, citing the council's ‘serious’ housing land...

NPPF 2.0 is already having an impact on housing delivery

19.10.2018

Katie Inglis

The revised NPPF forces local planning authorities to focus on housing delivery rather than just allocations, says Katie Inglis

495 homes approved for Ebbsfleet

18.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Ebbsfleet Garden City | Housing | South East

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation’s planning committee has approved plans for a 495-home development for the garden city.

Rebecca Evans / National Assembly for Wales

Cash to help Welsh homes become power stations

18.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Cymru | Housing | Passivhaus | rebecca evans | Welsh Government

A £7 million investment will help to create the infrastructure required to guarantee that 225 Welsh homes can act as power stations – a UK first at this scale.

News in brief: Campaigner loses legal bid to prevent Lancashire fracking; Leicester development application submitted

16.10.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 16 October, 2018

Brokenshire to cap new leases at £10

15.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has launched a consultation on the government’s plans for most new-build homes to be sold as freehold and for the ground rents on new leases to be capped at just £10.

Poll shows micro-homes as preferred solution for delivering more housing

15.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Research suggests that homeowners think building more co-living developments and micro-homes would help to solve the housing crisis – and building on green belt was the least popular solution.

Appeals round-up: Whisky regulations justify distillery’s extended opening hours; ‘Agricultural machinery store’ is not an agricultural use

12.10.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 October-12 October, 2018

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