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Greening The Grey Box
We are all fundamentally aware of the pressures on our urban and suburban areas to deliver more housing. The UK government's goal is to build one million new homes by [...]
HAVE WE SAID GOODBYE TO PRE COMMENCEMENT CONDITIONS?
We are sure those of you involved in the day to day management of your submitted planning applications will know that as from 1st October 2018 new regulations came into [...]
Delays Hit Various Planning Changes
If you were expecting to hear confirmation that final Parliamentary approval to the increase in planning application fees by 20% and the introduction of new planning consent categories regarding applications [...]
Permitted Development – Light Industrial to Residential (Class PA)
Hello everyone, Just to remind you that the new temporary Industrial to Residential Permitted Development Rights came into effect on the 1 October 2017. As we all know, Permitted Development [...]
A review of the NPPF
The Government’s Chief Planner, Steve Quartermain has said at a recent rural housing summit that the Government is giving serious consideration to revising the NPPF “towards the back-end of the [...]
Appeal Court agrees with High Court ruling regarding presumption in favour of sustainable development
Barwood Homes recent application to have the earlier High Court ruling overturned which clarifies the concept that the presumption in favour of sustainable development is “a golden thread” running through the [...]
Neighbourhood Plans – Update
On 19 July 2017 two important reforms came into force relating to Neighbourhood Plans. The first means that a Local Planning Authority has to have regard when making decisions concerning [...]
No 5 year housing land-supply – should it now be easier to obtain planning for your housing development?
You might have thought that the recent Supreme Court verdict on the application and meaning of NPPF paragraph’s 14 and 49 would clarify this very important matter of planning [...]
Benefits of Placemaking
Hello! Now that I have got your attention and you have opened this article, please share your thoughts and comments! I am Swara and I have recently joined FoddyConsult as [...]
The Housing White Paper – Fixing Our Broken Housing Market, February 2017
At long last the White Paper has been revealed. Is it the answer to solving the so called ‘broken housing market’? Unlikely in our view, the various initiatives and promises [...]
FoddyConsult & JAI Architects Appointed By Korean Government To Work On Embassy Refurbishment
One of our recent instructions is most interesting and comes from the Republic of Korea. That is South Korea for any of you who may be wondering! Working with JAI [...]
Sacre Bleu – A Requirement For ‘Green And Solar Roofs’ On All New Commercial Buildings
Yes, you heard it from us; new commercial buildings will all have to include green or solar roofs or a combination of the two. Do not worry though, this is [...]
Garden Village Initiative & £6M Fund Announced
The Government has recently announced its support for 12 new garden settlements. These will share a meagre £6m fund to assist with delivery over the next 2 years. The Garden [...]
Councils Consider Government Housing Targets To Be Unobtainable & The Need For Greater Partnership Working
A recently published survey of 91 Local Authorities and a number of small to medium sized house builders undertaken by the Federation of Master Builders [FMB] and the Local Government [...]
Starter Homes Initiative
The Government has announced 30 Starter Home Land Fund partnerships with local authorities across England, with the aim of delivering at least 30,000 starter homes by 2020. Construction is due [...]
Amendments To Neighbourhood Planning Bill
We understand that amendments to the Neighbourhood Planning Bill are emerging. One of the most significant is certain to add yet a further layer of risk to a developers planning [...]
Great New For Birmingham
The Planning & Housing Minister, Gavin Barwell has lifted his earlier holding decision made in May 2016 preventing the adoption of the replacement Birmingham City Council Development Plan. The [...]
The Court of Appeal Clarifies The Weight That A Planning Authority Should Place Regarding Impact On Heritage Assets Arising From Development
The Court of Appeal recently considered a case, Palmer vs Herefordshire Council & Another that provides further clarity on the weight that should be given to the possible effect of [...]
High Court Planning News – Planning Restrictions on Second Home Ownership
The High Court has found a policy detailed in the St. Ives Neighbourhood Plan that prevents new housing being used as second homes to be lawful. The St. Ives [...]
Network Rail to Release Land For 12,000 New Homes by 2020
The news regarding the disposal of up to 30% of the defence estate also comes as Network Rail announces plans to unlock land for 12,000 new homes by 2020. [...]
Congratulations to Ian Playford MRICS
Ian is an old mate of mine and I would therefore like to send Ian our congratulations on his new role as CEO [interim] of the Cabinet Office Central Property [...]
MOD To Dispose of 30% of Its Estate
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed it is the Government’s intention to dispose of a considerable number of additional military and defence related sites with many to be sold [...]
Affordable Housing Policy Precedent Set By Court of Appeal
Very recently the Court of Appeal overturned the previous High Court decision in favour of various local authorities that the 2014 Government affordable housing policy relating to small schemes and [...]
Significant Changes Made to Climate Change Allowances
The EA has released a range of revised allowances relating to various components of climate change such as ‘peak river flow allowances, peak rainfall intensity allowance and offshore wind speed [...]
Rural Planning Review
So the Government does not ignore the complex social and economic issues pertinent to the English countryside. DCLG has now released its Rural Planning Review and is calling for observations [...]
Office to Residential PD Changes
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 [...]
UPDATE ON INITIATIVES TO STREAMLINE THE PLANNING PROCESS – Development and CIL Reform, PDR Office to Residential Change
• 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 [...]
CAMERON ANNOUNCES NEW ‘STARTER HOME’ INITIATIVE
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 [...]
The Emerging Housing and Planning Bill 2015 – Resume of Key Planning Initiatives
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 [...]
Office to Residential PD Rights to be Made Permanent
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 [...]
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Greening The Grey Box
We are all fundamentally aware of the pressures on our urban and suburban areas to deliver more housing. The UK government's goal is to build one million new homes by [...]
HAVE WE SAID GOODBYE TO PRE COMMENCEMENT CONDITIONS?
We are sure those of you involved in the day to day management of your submitted planning applications will know that as from 1st October 2018 new regulations came into [...]
Delays Hit Various Planning Changes
If you were expecting to hear confirmation that final Parliamentary approval to the increase in planning application fees by 20% and the introduction of new planning consent categories regarding applications [...]
Permitted Development – Light Industrial to Residential (Class PA)
Hello everyone, Just to remind you that the new temporary Industrial to Residential Permitted Development Rights came into effect on the 1 October 2017. As we all know, Permitted Development [...]