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Studying an accredited RTPI course / Shutterstock_139617071

13.01.2020

Laura Edgar

Professional Development | RTPI | student | UK

The RTPI has announced that half of eligible students in 2019 converted to paid-for licentiate membership following the completion of their course.

Appeal: Costs awarded against council for ignoring HMO appeal precedents

07.06.2019

Matt Moody

Durham County Council must pay costs for refusing to allow an HMO despite evidence from other appeals demonstrating that a policy test justifying the scheme had been met, an inspector has ruled.

Increase in students become licentiate members of the RTPI / iStock-696418376

Increasing numbers of students remain RTPI members

14.01.2019

Laura Edgar

Professional Development | RTPI | student | UK

There has been a significant increase in the number of students remaining members after completing their degrees, the RTPI has said.

Appeals round-up: Tourist accommodation at alpaca farm would be inappropriate; Golf netting refused for green belt harm despite safety concerns

14.12.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 8 December-14 December 2018

Appeal: ‘Modern furnishings and Wi-Fi’ do not justify a poor living environment

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

building design | Design | overlooking | South West | student

Plans to replace a former pub in a residential area of Bath with a block of seven flats have been blocked, after an inspector disapproved of the scheme’s contemporary design.

Houses in multiple occupation / iStock: 534209784

Appeal: Two more bedrooms for 16-bed HMO would harm living conditions

03.07.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing | student | West Midlands

An inspector has refused permission for a basement conversion in Leamington Spa that would add two more bedrooms to a 16-bed HMO, ruling that the ‘oppressive outlook’ from the new bedrooms would...

Appeal: Council's fear of ‘student threat’ not substantiated by figures

30.05.2017

An inspector has allowed an HMO conversion in Nottingham, ruling that the council's fear of the ‘threat’ posed by high levels of student HMOs was unsubstantiated, citing local figures that...

Appeal: ‘Police enforcement’ can address HMO antisocial behaviour

26.04.2017

An inspector has granted permission for a change of use for an HMO in Swansea despite a high concentration of shared housing in the area, ruling that antisocial behaviour could be managed by ‘police...

Appeal: Student banter would ‘inevitably’ disrupt residents

21.03.2017

East Midlands | Housing | noise impact | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | student

Plans to convert a home in a residential area to a student house in multiple occupation (HMO) have been refused after an inspector ruled that student tenants meant “loud banter” and “on...

RTPI creates university masters fund

22.05.2015

Laura Edgar

Business & Enterprise | planning | RTPI | student | UK

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has created a new fund to generate bursaries for places on accredited university planning masters courses.

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