Successful property development is about getting the best value at the time – a developed site that won’t sell is worse than an undeveloped site. So what alternative uses can you put your approved site to, and what do you need to know to make it work? Residential Care Some open market sites are suitable ...
The government is consulting on proposals to allow change of use from B1, B2 and B8 to residential. But what are the details? “Do you know at what point the government might give the green light to allowing the change of use of class B1 B2 B8 property into residential?” This is one of the ...
Today we are running a Planning Permission and Property Development question and answer session on twitter. If you use twitter, do come and ask us your questions. If your question is confidential, ask for a follow back and you can send us a private message. If you aren’t a twitter user, you can ask us ...
A summary of the planning, housing and construction aspects of the 2011 Budget statement and associated documents, including a Pro-growth National Planning Policy Framework, New Enterprise Zones, a Land Auctions Model pilot, Changes to the Use Classes Order, a 12 month guarantee for processing of all planning applications, the involvement of Businesses in Neighbourhood Plans ...
Ipswich Borough Council have joined the growing number of local planning authorities in the East of England and decided to charge for Pre-application advice, that is, planning officer advice given before a formal application for planning approval. Development Control Manager Steve Miller has written to us outlining the procedure which was agreed on 11 January. ...
In many situations, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Solar Panels and Solar Photovoltaics are all now included in Permitted Development, but Air Source Heat Pumps and Wind Turbines may not be. Why does this matter? In another update on recent planning policy we show you some examples of the difference it can make to property development ...
After some delay the Localism Bill was introduced to parliament yesterday. The Localism Bill provides the legislative foundation for what the government is calling “a radical shift of power from the centralised state to local communities”. The Government expects the bill to be passed by November 2011. Here are some extracts from the DCLG’s press ...
Over the next few posts we’ll be looking at some measures which have been introduced in the last year of which you may not yet be aware. We began with the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategies and the recent legal action by CALA Homes which Michael Calder blogged about last week; today we will look ...
This week we welcome Michael Calder of Andrew Martin Associates for what we hope will be the first of several guest posts on planning matters. Michael is a planning consultant with whom we work regularly. He has extensive experience in East Anglia and here he comments on the recent High Court ruling in favour of ...
Many Local Authority Landlords and Housing Associations own groups of garages within their housing estates. These garage sites can become difficult to manage and may attract vandalism and criminal behaviour. One solution is to develop these sites for housing and relocate some or all of the garages elsewhere, but such a project can be fraught ...