Chapman Lily Planning were delighted to sponsor the Dorset Young Planner’s Summer Social. The Dorset Young Planners are the Royal Town Planning Institute’s [“RTPI”] network to support young planners in their personal and professional development. The summer social consisted of an Italian dinner followed by a boat trip around Poole Harbour. The evening finished with […]
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Dorset Council tighten up on validation with onerous new requirements
Dorset Council have introduced new and updated validation requirements, which will add time and cost to the preparation and submission of planning applications. Dorset Council now require: • New requirement to provide Sustainability Statements for specific types of application, to demonstrate how sustainable design and construction have been addressed, including reducing energy consumption and carbon […]
Torbay Council Draft Planning Contributions & Affordable Housing SPD Consultation
Torbay Council have published a draft planning contributions and affordable housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)– seeking comments until midday on Monday 3 October 2022. When adopted, it will constitute Supplementary Planning Guidance and be a material planning consideration on relevant planning applications. It supplements the policies in the Adopted Torbay Local Plan 2012-30 and the […]
South Downs National Park Authority announces calls for sites
South Downs National Park Authority is currently updating their Local Plan. As part of this work, the Local Planning Authority is inviting individuals, landowners and developers to put forward sites for potential development. The process will run until 28 September 2022. Commenting on this announcement, Andy England, Associate Director at Chapman Lily Planning, said that […]
Dorset Council clarify position of the emerging Local Plan
Chapman Lily Planning reported on Councillor Walsh’s verbal update to Cabinet at the end of July, where it was purported that discussions between the Council Leader, Cllr Spencer-Flower and Michael Gove, then Secretary of State, had led to agreement on a pilot project – pushing back the timetable for the Local Plan and allowing for […]
Work on the Joint Oxfordshire Plan falters
The five constituent local planning authorities (South Oxfordshire District Council, Vale of White Horse District Council, Cherwell District Council, Oxford City Council, and West Oxfordshire District Council) had been working on a joint plan, but were unable to reach agreement on the approach to planning for future housing needs. Each authority will now focus on […]