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Some 18 months after it replaced six former local authorities and a decade after the former councils started sharing planning services, Dorset Council has confirmed that it is finally rolling out its single planning support service. The potential benefits to customers can derive from a single and hopefully consistent approach to pre-application advice, charging and […]

The Crawley Borough Local Plan Review timetable has been amended, with the Borough set to undertake a detailed revision of the Local Development Scheme. The updated anticipated key dates and milestones are set out below: 23rd November 2020:                                  Open Space Committee 25th November 2020:                                  Cabinet 16th December 2020:                                  Full Council: Publication & […]

Portsmouth City has just commenced a consultation on an updated masterplan for Portsmouth’s seafront. Setting out how the seafront could be improved and conserved, it sets out ambitious plans for the future, such as major alterations to Avenue de Caen to proritise cyclists and pedestrians. On reading the masterplan, Steve Tapscott, senior planner at Chapman […]

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BCP Council are running a 4-week public consultation on the draft parking standards for the conurbation, ending 12th October 2020. This aims to support the delivery of parking for future development whilst emphasising sustainable transport opportunities in Four zones. We identified that the parking standards are linked to accessibility to shops, services, employment and leisure […]

This is an issue being repeated all over the country. Here in Dorset, the Arne Neighbourhood Plan has received its final examiners report. Dorset Council considered the recommendations contained in the report and agreed the plan as modified could proceed to referendum. The regulations linked to the Coronavirus Act 2020 mean that no elections or […]