The Government has today published its much anticipated Housing and Planning Bill which sets out proposed changes to the planning system in England and includes plans to overhaul the housing sector with a view to achieving the delivery of more new homes. Details published within the Bill, which had its first reading in the House of […]
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Office to Residential Permitted Development right to be made permanent
Today the Prime Minister gave an insight in to the eagerly anticipated Housing and Planning Bill which is due to be published later this month. In his announcement Mr Cameron set out plans for: a new legal duty to deliver Starter Homes on all ‘reasonably sized’ new developments; automatic planning permission in principle on brownfield sites; […]
Conservatives announce house building ‘crusade’
During his closing speech at this week’s Conservative Party conference, Prime Minister David Cameron outlined his latest plans to reform housing policy through “a national crusade to get homes built”. Mr Cameron set out that these proposals would represent a “dramatic shift” in housing policy, with “those old rules which said to developers you can build on this site but […]
DCLG to Appeal against High Court ruling on affordable housing threshold
Following a judgement in the High Court in July 2015 which removed the Government’s 10 units (5 in rural areas) or 1000sqm threshold for delivering affordable housing (click here for more details), permission has this week been granted by the government to appeal against the ruling. The policy had exempted small housing developments from the requirement to provide or contribute to affordable […]
Swanage Local Plan published
Purbeck District Council has published the Swanage Local Plan Pre-submission Document for public consultation. The plan sets out a vision for Swanage for the period up to 2027 and provides the strategy for the delivery of development and supporting infrastructure within the Town, including 200 new homes. Sites for new housing in Swanage have been identified […]
Housing Minister sets up panel to help “streamline” the local plan-making process
Housing Minster Brandon Lewis has set up a panel to consider how the process of local plan preparation can be simplified with the aim of speeding up the time that it takes local authorities to produce an up-to-date local plan. The Minister’s latest announcement follows his commitment outlined in July this year that local authorities […]