viability

Appeal: Fallback position justifies lower affordable housing contribution

28.06.2019

affordable housing | Finance & Viability | London | viability | WMS

Plans to convert and extend a property in Islington to create five flats can go ahead with only 20 per cent of the affordable housing contribution sought by the council, an inspector has ruled.

Square pillar being pushed into round hole

Square pegs, round holes

31.05.2019

Louise Brooke-Smith

Community Engagement | Finance & Viability | Louise Brooke-Smith | UK | viability

It's common sense to properly cost proposals before consulting on them and putting applications together, notes Louise Brooke-Smith. So why don't we consistently do that?

MHCLG seeking more viability testing at plan-making stage

28.05.2019

Martin Read

Laurence Martindale, head of local infrastructure at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), has explained the department’s continuing work to reform viability assessments at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Housing and Planning.

Appeals round-up: Notice upheld against front door that ‘depicts local landscapes’; Adlington micro-pub would not disrupt adjoined flats

12.04.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 April-12 April, 2019

Appeal: Insufficient profit margin to justify rural worker's dwelling

22.01.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected an agricultural worker's proposal to build a permanent home on his farm near Redditch, because she was not satisfied that the business was financially sound.

NPPF 2.0 and viability: Problem solved?

18.01.2019

Oliver Salisbury

The revised NPPF’s efforts to address problems around viability calculations are well-intended but flawed, argues Oliver Salisbury

Appeal: Knebworth pub garden flats approved despite fierce opposition

17.01.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to build flats on the garden of a popular pub in Hertfordshire would not threaten its viability, an inspector has ruled, rejecting a local protest group’s claims that the scheme represented a ‘Trojan...

Appeal: 319-unit residential towers allowed with 19% affordable housing

13.12.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved two towers of 24 and 30 storeys with only 19 per cent affordable housing provision on the Isle of Dogs despite the developer’s original offer of 40 per cent, as well as...

Appeal: Pub saved from residential conversion to maintain variety

30.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert a Hampshire pub into a four-bedroom home, after ruling that although other pubs in the village offered similar facilities, they did not provide the same '...

Appeal: ‘Sweat equity’ makes rural worker’s home viable

16.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for a rural worker’s dwelling at an equestrian business in Shropshire, accepting the appellant’s argument that ‘sweat equity’ would lower the build...

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