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.
A three-bedroom self-contained annexe in Cornwall has been allowed after an Inspector found that its facilities did not, on the facts, make it a separate planning unit or independent dwelling.
A Vale of White Horse appeal has been dismissed after an Inspector found that personal observations and photographs were not a substitute for proper bat and badger survey evidence.
A Central Bedfordshire hay store has been allowed in the Green Belt after an Inspector found it was an appropriate facility for outdoor recreation and caused no unacceptable harm to openness.
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.
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