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Hart District Council are consulting on their draft local plan. The consultation runs until the 9th June 2017. The Draft Local Plan covers the period 2011 to 2032. Hart District Council (HDC) need to deliver 10,185 homes in this period. Taking into account new homes that have already been built in the period together with […]

At the end of last week the Neighbourhood Planning Bill became an act of Parliament. Now known as the ‘Neighbourhood Planning Act’ the act includes provisions relating to Neighbourhood Planning (as the title suggests) but also the use of pre-commencement conditions and the removal of permitted development rights for the change of use or demolition […]

The Council’s ‘123 list’ sets out how money collected through the Community Infrastructure Levy will be used. The Councils are proposing changes to how monies are spent on Heathland Mitigation, Transport and Education. For more information on the proposed changes please contact Chapman Lily Planning.    

The current Local Plan for West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland was adopted in October 2015. The Inspector, during the examination of the 2015 Local Plan, identified that an early review of the Plan is required to identify additional land capable of meeting housing need to 2036. The Council’s are now seeking views on the review […]

Weymouth and Portland Council have approved a programme which aims to accelerate the delivery of new homes. The programme will identify where the Council can work with others to see the development of allocated and proposed housing sites. This could include upfront funding of infrastructure, providing cash flow, land purchase and partnership working. The Council’s […]

On 2nd March, Chapman Lily Planning heard first hand from Gavin Barwell, Minister for Housing, Planning and London on how the Government propose to ‘fix the broken housing market’.   The Minister provided a brief summary of the Housing White Paper, setting out the four tenets of the Government’s housing policy: Planning for the right […]