TPX are pleased to announce that the Inspectorate had today allowed our appeal and granted prior approval under Part 20 of the GPDO for the addition of floors at Pippins Court, 40 Waterside, Evesham, WR11 1BU. In their decision the Inspector criticised the approach the Planning Committee took towards the key test of design over […]
Its the 7th April and the National Standards and Prior Approval applications are now permanently conjoined. From yesterday the 6th of April it became impossible to generate new dwellings through Prior Approval in Part 2 and Part 20 of the GPDO. This is explored in full in the explanatory memorandum which can be found at […]
Para 11d of the NPPF describes the ’tilted balance’ test. The tilted balance was put into the NPPF in order to address planning authority performance for those authorities that could not or would not grant planning permission for housing lead development to meet their own objectively assessed needs. It works like this. Para 11d sets […]