13th March 202313th March 2023Latest News, Opinion Is C4 to 7 Person HMO a Material Change of Use? Change of use from C4 to Sui Generis is a very common planning application that is submitted to the LPA’s in a […] Read more
28th September 202230th September 2022Latest News, Views 7 Steps to VICTORY On Saturday 24th of September 2022 I stepped in front of the Camera and an audience of 25 property investors and summarised […] Read more
30th June 202230th June 2022Latest News, News Is boring the new sexy? It is fair to say that planning is getting harder. The days of a cordial discussion with officers at the LPA’s we […] Read more
4th April 20224th April 2022Latest News, News Nutrient Neutral and the slow death of Housebuilding In 2020 I did an Anti-Guru vlog which you can see here: Within the vlog I raised the simple premise, that was […] Read more
17th January 202217th January 2022Latest News The HDT – Marking the Council’s Homework! January, in the planning world at least, brings with it the grading of council performance known as the Housing Delivery Test. The […] Read more
7th October 20217th October 2021Latest News, Opinion Goodbye Class G – Hello Super G….but there is a catch! – Updated October 2021 The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (snappy title!) was laid before parliament on […] Read more
11th June 202111th June 2021Latest News Natural England approach to nitrates upheld The case of THE QUEEN (on the application of RONALD WYATT, CHAIRPERSON OF BROOK AVENUE RESIDENTS AGAINST DEVELOPMENT (BARAD), ACTING IN A […] Read more
7th April 202111th June 2021Latest News, News, Opinion The National Standards and Permitted Development Its the 7th April and the National Standards and Prior Approval applications are now permanently conjoined. From yesterday the 6th of April […] Read more
9th February 20219th February 2021Latest News, Opinion, Views Commercial forms of development – Updated for the ‘E’ generation Depending on which paper you read either the commercial development sector is gaining traction! Partly due to the Government’s programme of prior […] Read more