A reminder that planning fees will increase on 6th December 2023. This will result in; Increase planning application fees by 35% for applications for major development and 25% for all other applications. Introduce an annual indexation of planning applications fees, capped at 10%, from 1 April 2025. Remove the fee exemption for repeat applications (the […]
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Purbeck Local Plan – Publication of Supplementary Proposed Main Modifications (SMM) for comment.
On 10 November 2023, Dorset Council published a consolidated schedule of Main Modifications to the Purbeck Local Plan, including supplementary proposed Main Modifications. The closing date for comments is 22 December 2023 at 11:45pm. Alan Davies (Associate Director) commented ‘Chapman Lily Planning will be looking at the proposed mods to the plan and submitting comment […]
Promotions within Chapman Lily Planning
We are very excited to announce the promotion of Clare Spiller to Associate Director. Clare joined the company in December 2020 as a Senior Planner with a strong background and experience in urban regeneration schemes. The promotion to Associate Director is a great achievement and one that Clare has achieved through knowledge and experience, growing […]
Chapman Lily Planning Proud to be working on Iconic Building
As reported in the Daily Echo – link below, Chapman Lily Planning (not L Planning!) are proud to be working on the proposals to convert Barclays House in Poole. Barclays House is an iconic building and the proposed renovation will provide 362 new homes in a highly sustainable location. https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23906888.poole-developers-reveal-new-plans-barclays-house/ The proposals include the provision […]
New Forest National Park Authority Restricting Temporary Camping
New Forest National Park Authority (NFNPA) have announced (27 October 2023) they have served a notice (termed an Article 4 Direction) which covers the whole administrative area of the Park, which prevents implementation of the latest government changes to ‘permitted development’, for tented recreational camping. Historically, any area of open land could be used for […]
Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill Receives Royal Assent
The Government has announced in a statement published yesterday afternoon that the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has received Royal Assent and is now law. The measures in the Act will change the planning system in a number of ways, including, but not limited to: Local Planning Authorities will be required to have a design […]