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Chapman Lily Planning are pleased to have secured outline permission for the development of 9,200sqm of employment uses on a 4ha site at Silk Mills in Taunton. The approval of the outline application is the first step in seeing a development come forward that will deliver significant opportunities for local job creation contributing towards Taunton […]

Mid Devon District Council announced this week that they are consulting on proposed modifications to their Local Plan and their revised, draft, Community Infrastructure Levy. The consultation runs until the 14th February 2017. Please contact Chapman Lily Planning if you would like us to make a representation on your behalf to the proposed Local Plan […]

This week saw the announcement that 30 Local Authority partnerships will start to deliver ‘thousands’ of new starter homes. Starter Homes are properties built for first-time buyers who are between 23 and 40 years old and are offered of a discount of at least 20% below market value. This schemes that are being delivered on […]

The Department of Communities and Local Government announced this week the location of 14 new Garden Villages which have a combined potential of delivering 48,000 new homes. The location of the 14 garden villages are; Long Marston in Stratford-on-Avon Oxfordshire Cotswold in West Oxfordshire Deenethorpe in East Northants Culm in Mid Devon Welborne near Fareham […]

The Team at Chapman Lily Planning would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

This week saw the publication of the results of the public consultation on the options for Local Government reorganisation in Dorset. The findings of the consultation suggests that a two way spit is favoured. We’ve been reflecting on what this might mean for planning locally: The favoured split would ensure that the Bournemouth, Christchurch and […]