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North Somerset Council has announced that it has delayed consultation for the final draft of its local plan in order to consider the implications of the recently announced proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). It has found that the council would be required to deliver an additional 9,000 homes in the plan […]

The government has announced an overhaul of the planning system to ‘fix the foundations and grow the economy’. The document published on 30 July is entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system. Responses are invited by 24th September. The Deputy Prime Minister has written to every […]

Great write up in the Wareham Directory this month. Thank you, Stephen Comey, at  Modern Magazine for the inclusion in the August 2024 edition. We would also like to thank Bryan Benjafield at Cheap Printing Dorset Ltd for the fabulous pop up banners, James Mallinson of Dev Comms for the great article and Sasfi of […]

In a joint press release on 25th July, New Forest District Council and New Forest National Park Authority have announced that the Ringwood Neighbourhood Plan, covering the period 2023 to 2036, has been formally adopted. The District Council held a referendum on 4 July 2024. A majority (83.2%) of those voting in the referendum voted […]

On Tuesday this week, Chapman Lily Planning had the pleasure of meeting and accompanying the President of the Royal Town Planning Institute Lindsay Richards on her visit to east Dorset. She was shown around the impressive Wyatt homes development at Rivers Edge Wimborne and then onto the 30ha strategic scale Canford Riverside SANG.  Sam McKirdy […]

On 18th July, Dorset Council adopted the much delayed Purbeck Local Plan. The plan was submitted as far back as 28 January 2019 to the Secretary of State via the Planning Inspectorate for examination shortly before Dorset Council was established. This now replaces the Purbeck Local Plan Part 1, which has been in place since […]