DCLG tell us they have no news on when they will be able to confirm either the transitional arrangements for those of you with unimplemented prior approvals for a PD change from office to residential, or regarding the next round of PD changes included in the recent Housing and Planning Bill. Apparently the Government has [...]

• PDR Office to Residential Change Our contact within DCLG has indicated that transitional measures will be approved before the PDR for office conversion to residential is made permanent in May 2016. This will ensure prior notification applications approved before this date, but which have not been implemented, can remain valid for 3 years from [...]

The industry is holding its breath to see whether David Cameron moves forward on his promise made at the recent Tory party conference that developers will no longer have to provide social housing for rent as part of development schemes and rather discounted starter homes. None of us are quite sure of the long term [...]

Following a ministerial statement in March and the more recent launch of the Housing and Planning Bill through its parliamentary journey towards the Statute Book, the key planning initiatives can be summarised as relating to: • Neighbourhood planning • Local planning • Planning in Greater London • Local registers of land and permission for development [...]

Planning and housing minister Brandon Lewis has at long last put the industry out of its misery regarding this extremely helpful regeneration initiative by announcing that the previously temporary office to residential PD rights due to lapse in May 2016 will be made permanent. This initiative will also now allow office buildings to be demolished [...]