Planning consultancyBacked by the UK's leading planning resource
Planning consultancyBacked by the UK's leading planning resource
PLANNING NEWS
The Government has today released the new national planning policy framework
You can download and access the new NPPF here.
This page is being updated
NPPF Page updated: 12th December 2024
Keep up with important planning changes, decisions, consultations and case law. We send one digest when there are new stories to read; if there is no new planning news, there is no email.
Journalist, broadcaster or producer? Need a quick comment on a planning story, policy change or decision?
Watch Ian explain permitted development, use classes, planning applications and current planning changes.
A Plymouth HMO appeal has allowed a nine-person sui generis HMO despite outdoor amenity space being around half the SPD guideline, with the Inspector relying on the SPD’s own flexible approach and nearby public open space.
A Luton Class E garage appeal has succeeded after an Inspector separated the planning lawfulness of a proposed single-car garage from questions about a dropped kerb, highway approval and private access rights.
Slough has lost an appeal over conditions restricting HMO use and removing Class B and Class E permitted development rights, with the Inspector finding that the site-specific justification was insufficient and awarding the appellant part of its costs.
Two Greenford HMOs have failed at enforcement appeal after the Inspector rejected the claimed intermediate use as two self-contained flats, leaving the owner’s Class L permitted development argument without the factual foundation it needed.
City Plan 2040 hearing pits the City’s skyscraper contours against Historic England as Tower danger-list risk meets £1.2bn GVA modelling.
Prebend Street Class MA appeal dismissed because part of the building remained in a sui generis former-pub use, despite later officer-report wording.
Planning Geek can help with planning strategy, applications and permitted development.