Category Archives: Planning
From 6th April 2012 certain types of Solar PV installations on non-domestic buildings will not require planning permission due to amendments made to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. This will provide additional opportunities for the …
Revised planning rules are intended to speed up the system, but Ian Lamond explains why he thinks it will not make much difference… When it comes to planning, conflict is inevitable and to try and remove conflict from the process …
Sarah-Jane Williams, a planning solicitor with regional firm Stephens Scown LLP considers the significance of the new Localism Act on the planning system. The new Localism Act is a major part of the Government’s agenda to hand more decision-making powers …
The Government’s plan to give local communities more of a say about planning and development passed into law this week when the Localism Act received Royal Assent. The Act is part of the Coalition’s flagship policy to shift power away …
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs launched on 20 April a consultation on its draft strategy for delivering a network of marine protected areas in England’s territorial waters and the UK offshore waters (beyond 12 nautical miles) that …
The Localism Bill’s’community assets’ proposals are part of the Government’s ‘big society’ vision, giving communities the opportunity to take control of local facilities threatened with closure. Aside from neighbourhood plans and significant changes to the planning enforcement regime, it’s perhaps …
Do Government plans to streamline the planning process sound the death knell for localism, asks planning solicitor Peter Edwards… When the Government published its flagship Localism Bill in December last year it was presented as a key plank of the decentralisation …
A new landmark ruling by the Supreme Court over planning breaches should act as a serious warning to landowners and developers in the Westcountry, according to one regional law firm. Peter Edwards, a solicitor with Truro-based Stephens Scown, says the …
Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal decision in Beesley The 2010 cases of Fidler and Beesley involving enforcement against unauthorised dwellings in the countryside were widely reported and made headline news in the national press. So significant was the impact …
The 2011 Budget Statement proposes various changes to the planning system to stimulate economic growth and sustainable development. George Osborne’s foreword to The Plan for Growth states that the country needs ‘to step up a gear’ and ‘become less burdened …
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