Planning news should help you understand what has changed and why it matters. Here you will find our reports on new policy, consultations, court judgments and appeal decisions, alongside updates from Planning Geek. Each report has a publication date: an older story records the position at that time, rather than replacing our current guidance.For the background and current guidance, see permitted development and planning applications.
Natural England has submitted the Yorkshire Wolds National Landscape proposal to the Secretary of State. The 463 km² area is not designated yet and confirmation is still required.
CIL appeal 1892711 finds that an annexe can satisfy important caravan construction and mobility tests yet still be a building giving rise to chargeable floorspace. The legal question being asked matters.
Castle Point Local Plan hearings have opened with Inspectors testing a proposed 6,196 homes against 11,662 identified need. They have raised significant soundness concerns, but the Plan has not failed examination.
City Hall has approved Beckton Riverside after the Mayor called in the applications from Newham. The outline permission allows up to 320,000 square metres of residential floorspace, described as around 2,900 homes, with 8.1% affordable housing by habitable room and grant-led scope for up to 20%.
A 32-person Northampton HMO has been dismissed because of its scale and effect on neighbours, despite staying below the council’s headline concentration threshold. West Northamptonshire Council also faces a partial costs award over part of its refusal reason.
A Hampshire Class Q appeal failed even though the Inspector accepted that the building had genuinely been used for agriculture. The missing evidence concerned the separate question of the established agricultural unit.
A Lambeth appeal to change a lawful C4 HMO into C1 short-term visitor accommodation has been dismissed. The Inspector gave weight to the property’s ability to move between C3 and C4 residential use and also found that no sequential test had been provided.
Winchester has opened scoping for its 2044 Local Plan, giving an early real-world look at the 2026 gateway system and the new 30-month plan-making timetable.
A Redbridge enforcement notice has been quashed after an Inspector found that the windows issue was fundamentally misdescribed. The notice alleged unauthorised operational development when the real planning issue arose from a condition on a 1997 permission.
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