Aster Group have unveiled proposals for the development of three sites in Mendip. Aster is a Registered Provider focused on offering customers a choice of new homes and tenures, including shared ownership, affordable and social rent and open market homes for sale. Aster are an experienced developer delivering everything from small scale community-led developments through […]
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First sight of the Dorset Local Plan: Options Document
A draft of the Dorset Local Plan: Options document has been published as part of the papers for Cabinet Committee on 8th December 2020. The Options document will be formally published for consultation purposes in mid-January 2021. The draft makes provision for 30,481 new homes (1,793 per annum) as well as a minimum 131 hectares […]
Update on BCP Council Parking Standard
BCP’s adoption of their new Parking Standards has taken a step forward, the report to the Cabinet meeting on the 16th December has been published which sets out a recommendation that Cabinet support the adoption of the new standards. Giles Moir, Director at Chapman Lily Planning commented that ‘the report identifies a number of changes […]
Consultation on the Pre-submission Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies
Consultation starts today on the second part of the Waverley Borough Council’s new Local Plan, ‘Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies’ and runs through to Friday the 27th January. Together with Local Plan Part 1: Strategic Policies and Sites, Local Plan Part 2 will be used to replace the Waverley Borough […]
Inaugural meeting of the BCP Agents and Developers Liaison Group
Chapman Lily Planning were delighted to participate in the inaugural meeting of the liaison group. We all recognise that the merger, budget restraints, resource shortages, restructuring, higher levels of planning applications and the impacts of covid have led to something of a perfect storm … … but the importance of the construction sector and […]
Dorset Council consults on modifications to the Purbeck Local Plan
Dorset Council has begun a consultation focusing on proposed modifications to the Purbeck Local Plan, which is currently undergoing examination with the Planning Inspectorate. Commenting on the consultation, Steve Tapscott, senior planner at Chapman Lily, said ‘after a year’s delay in the examination process, it is encouraging to see that the Council has finally published […]