We are delighted to announce that Steve Tapscott will join Chapman Lily as a Senior Planner. Steve joins the existing Chapman Lily team of Brett Spiller, Matt Holmes, Giles Moir, Sylvia Leonard and Gill Jackson as the practice continues to grow. Steve joins Chapman Lily from Purbeck District Council where he worked as Senior […]
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Understanding how Councils make decisions
Those of you familiar with the planning process will know that Councils either make decisions on planning applications under delegated powers – when the decision is made by Officers, or the planning application is determined by the Council’s Planning Committee. It is important to understand how each Council works and the triggers and mechanisms which […]
New Forest District Council New Local Plan Update
New Forest District Council has published a summary document of its new Draft Local Plan. At a report to the Council’s Environment and Scrutiny Panel the Council Officers set out their draft proposals for the new Local Plan, which includes suggested strategic development sites for 100 homes or more spread across the Borough. Of note, […]
Government consultation on improving housing supply (the impact on housing requirements)
The Government launched the Housing White Paper: ‘Fixing our broken housing market’, to much fanfare in February. Whilst a welcome and frank acknowledgement of some of the barriers to housing delivery, it was short on quick fixes and big on further consultation. A key tenet was how to streamline the local plan process and secure […]
New Portsmouth Local Plan
Portsmouth City Council have started to prepare a new Local Plan. The new Local Plan will contain policies relating to development of land together with site allocations for new development. Portsmouth City Council are inviting views on their published Issues and Options document. The closing date for comments is Thursday 28 September 2017. If you have […]
Delay to planning fee increase
The DCLG have confirmed that the planned 20% increase for planning applications fees will be delayed until September – when Parliament reconvenes after the summer recess. The increase in fees was one of the measures included in the Housing White Paper published in February. Chapman Lily Planning will monitor the progress of the proposed changes […]