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In anticipation of a Cabinet meeting on 13th January, BCP Council has published the Dorset Heathlands Interim Air Quality Strategy. If supported by Cabinet, it will proceed to Full Council on 23rd February. The aim of the strategy is to address the adverse effects of airborne nitrogen and ammonia upon the Dorset Heathlands. Housing development […]

On 6 August 2020, the government published ‘Changes to the current planning system’. The consultation paper set out four policy proposals to improve the effectiveness of the current system, amongst them changing the standard method for assessing local housing need, to plan for the delivery of 300,000 new homes a year and plan for more […]

Wiltshire Council has published a Housing Land Supply Statement setting out its position at of April 2019. The statement explains that ‘… the current Local Housing Need figure (2,006 dwellings per annum) is very similar to the sum of the housing requirements for the three HMAs [Housing Market Areas] in the Wiltshire Core Strategy (2,055 […]

  Alan Davies, Associate Director at Chapman Lily Planning said ‘We’re delighted to welcome Sarah to the team as we embark on the next stage of our expansion.  Service is at the forefront of everything we do and I’m sure that our clients will find Sarah’s knowledge and experience a great asset to any project’.  […]

The introduction of the new use class, Class E, in the summer of 2020 was seen by many as perhaps the biggest single change to the planning system introduced this year. The rationale for this claim was that Class E ostensibly offering greater flexibility to make best use of vacant high street premises, allowing shops, […]

We are delighted to announce that Steve Tapscott has been promoted to Associate Director at Chapman Lily. Commenting on this promotion, Steve said ‘after joining Chapman Lily in 2017, it has been a fantastic experience to be part of a company going from strength to strength. This is a wonderful opportunity and I am looking […]