Farm Diversification Booster?
On the 26th January the snappily titled Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 came into force […]
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Wonkiest pub highlights weakness of planning system.
The recent fire and subsequent demolition of The Crooked House public house at Himley in theWest Midlands has resulted in much anger, […]
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The Last Victory of 2023
Marching our way to September when the last VICTORY day of 2023 will be held in Exeter, Devon! It will be exactly […]
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Is the Government listening?
Presumably under instructions to show the Government is fulfilling its promises on housing,Michael Gove is proposing to relax the planning system still […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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