Havant Borough Council has published its five-year housing land supply position, which shows it can only demonstrate 4.8 years of supply. Speaking on the publication of the document, Steve Tapscott, Associate Director at Chapman Lily Planning, commented that ‘we had strongly suspected this would be the case, as a significant shortfall from earlier in the […]
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Wiltshire Local Plan review consultation
The Wiltshire Local Plan review is holding a consultation period from Wednesday 13th January 2021 until midnight on Tuesday 9th March 2021. This involves the council collating sufficient quantities of land to satisfy future housing needs. This consultation seeks to gather the views of local communities and stakeholders on the suitability of land promoted for […]
BCP Council Parking Standards Adopted
Yesterday evening at the Council’s full Council Meeting it was agreed that the new Parking Standards SPD covering the former Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Councils should be adopted. The voting was 53 for, 8 Against and 12 Abstentions. The adoption of the SPD provides continuity across the BCP area in regards to vehicle and cycle […]
Draft Dorset Heathlands Interim Air Quality Strategy published
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 […]
Government consultation on revisions to Standard Housing Method yields no change in some areas and a significant uplift in the big cities
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 acknowledge 5 year housing land supply deficit
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 […]