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Appeal: 220 homes approved in area with ‘stalled’ local plan process

Dec 3, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

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£76,000 fine for breach of planning conditions in World Heritage Site

Oct 3, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

Millenium Enterprises Ltd and its director Amratpal Singh must pay fines and costs of £76,120 after the company failed to comply with the planning conditions intended to protect the architectural and historical significance of the grade II listed Crown Inn at Hodge Bower in Ironbridge. Sorry; this article is only available to our Logged-in users. Please sign in or register to read this article.
Appeals performance update: August

Sep 19, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

The number of decisions in August 2024 by the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) was 1,524, falling slightly short of the average of 1,538 per month over the last 12 months. PINS has made a total of 18,458 appeal decisions in the past year. All decision times are measured from the day a valid appeal is received to the day a decision is issued. The number of cases closed has exceeded the number of cases received for each of the past 12 months, except for March and June 2024.
Controversial coal mine consent blocked by High Court

Sep 16, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

The first new deep coal mine proposed in the UK for 30 years has had its planning consent – granted by former planning secretary Michael Gove in 2022 – overturned by the High Court on environmental grounds. The ruling follows the precedent set out in the Finch ruling in July, whereby the Supreme Court determined that the ‘downstream’ environmental impacts of fossil fuel extraction should be factored into the decision to grant planning permission.
Positive report for South Dublin Council from planning watchdog

Aug 22, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) has issued a positive review of South Dublin County Council’s planning operations, saying the council has ‘effective systems and procedures in place’. Sorry; this article is only available to our Logged-in users. Please sign in or register to read this article.
Government consults on reversing December 2023 NPPF changes; a new standard method for housing need and what the transitional arrangements for emerging plans should be

Jul 31, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Laura Edgar |Ben Gosling

A consultation on amending the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) proposes a reversal of changes made to it by the previous government in December 2023 and sets out a revised standard method of calculating the housing needed to support the government’s ambition to deliver 1.5 million homes within the next five years. Sorry; this article is only available to our Logged-in users. Please sign in or register to read this article.
Appeal: Increase in floor space sees green belt office park plan refused

Jul 16, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

Plans to demolish an office park in Maidenhead and replace it with industrial and logistics space has been refused because the level of development on the site would increase considerably, harming the green belt. Sorry; this article is only available to our Logged-in users. Please sign in or register to read this article.
Meet government housing targets, top lawyer advises district council

Jul 10, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

Planning lawyer Paul Brown KC has advised East Hampshire District Council to stick to the government-calculated housing target of nearly 11,000 new homes before 2040 after it commissioned his advice on a possible challenge to these numbers. Sorry; this article is only available to our Logged-in users. Please sign in or register to read this article.
Court of Appeal dismisses CG Fry nutrient case

Jul 1, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal and upheld the High Court’s ruling that a housebuilder was required to conduct a habitats assessment at the discharge of conditions stage. Sorry; this article is only available to our Logged-in users. Please sign in or register to read this article.
‘Unprecedented’ statutory nuisance complaint launched over Windermere sewage discharges

Jun 26, 2024 | theplanner.co.uk | Ben Gosling

Campaign group Save Windermere has launched a statutory nuisance complaint against United Utilities over sewage discharges into Lake Windermere – the first complaint of its kind in the UK against a water company. Sorry; this article is only available to our Logged-in users. Please sign in or register to read this article.