NPPF

Appeal: Inspector lambasts poor design of scheme to replace Dorset pub

15.08.2019

Plans to demolish a Dorset pub and replace it with nine houses have been rejected because of poor design, its impact on the area, the loss of a heritage asset and flood risk.

Appeal: Replacement of 'abandoned' chalet does not meet green belt rules

09.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for a replacement chalet on green belt land, ruling that the scheme did not meet green belt policy requirements because the residential use of the existing chalet had been...

Appeals round-up: Success at second appeal for 252-bed Norwich student scheme; Green belt harm outweighs care home's multiple benefits

02.08.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 27 July-2 August, 2019

Legal briefs: NPPF warning over Haslemere development row; Poole Bay drilling challenge

02.08.2019

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 27 July-2 August, 2019

Appeal: NPPF footnote justifies Lake District wind farm extension

02.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has become the first to interpret footnote 49 of the NPPF in ruling that an application to extend the life of a Lake District wind farm until 2028 constituted 'repowering' and, therefore, did...

NPPF changes not protecting trees

01.08.2019

Laura Edgar

Some local planners are failing to use the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to safeguard trees and ancient woodland, according to the Woodland Trust.

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Appeal: Housing secretary approves 800 homes at Birmingham windfall site

26.07.2019

Matt Moody

Housing | NPPF | recovered appeal | West Midlands | windfall sites

The housing secretary has allowed a major housing scheme on land not allocated for housing in the recently adopted Birmingham Development Plan, dismissing concerns that the decision would 'undermine public...

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Standard method not helping to deliver government’s housing ambitions

25.07.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | Housing delivery | lichfieds | NPPF

The method for calculating housing need does not provide enough homes for the government to meet its target of delivering 300,000 homes a year, research suggests.

How diversification could help to solve the UK housing crisis

04.07.2019

Martin Herbert

Diversification | England | Housing | mhclg | NPPF

A variety of housing types, tensures and designs are needed if we are to solve the housing crisis, says Martin Herbert.

News analysis: Viability testing at plan-making stage? Proceed with caution

03.07.2019

Martin Read

‘How viable are viability tests?’ was the theme of a recent meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Housing and Planning.

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