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Rectory Lane
Major new light industrial and employment space in Epping Forest
Commercial Road
Conversion of vacant commercial use to 12 residential flats
Chadwell Heath
Conversion of vacant light industrial workshop to three dwellings
Furlong and Digswell
Conversion of vacant offices to five dwellings in Islington
King Street
Conversion of vacant commercial to three dwellings in Hammersmith and Fulham
Springfield Lyons House
New church and community hub in listed building in Chelmsford
Photobook Cafe
A new community cafe & bar, gallery & photo library in the London Borough of Hackney
Nightingale Lane
New dwelling in conservation area in the London Borough of Haringey
Brixton Hill
Co-living in conservation area in the London Borough of Lambeth
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Revised NPPF July 2024
Published: 31.07.24
The proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) announced by Angela Rayner inc...
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Labour and Conservatives on Planning
Published: 14.06.24
We are in the middle of the campaign and both of the main parties, Conservatives and Labour, have pu...
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Class Q and Class R – Changes to Permitted Development Rights
Published: 07.05.24
Significant changes were published last week to Class Q and Class R of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Gen...
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The Exemptions to Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain
Published: 04.04.24
Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (“BNG”) came into effect on 12th February, for major development...
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Autumn Statement – Planning Measures
Published: 23.11.23
In yesterday’s Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a number of measures to tackle t...
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Small Sites Contributions
Published: 21.09.22
Several London Councils have adopted Local Plans in 2022 and several more are at advanced stages wit...
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Levelling Up – Levys, S106 and CIL
Published: 14.06.22
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill revealed the Government’s intentions for the Infrastructure...
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The Queens Speech – Our Takeaways
Published: 11.05.22
We had been promised so much, yet now it finally seems official that drastic planning reforms have b...
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Councils Under Pressure
Published: 19.04.22
It has been long reported about Council planning departments struggling under the pressure of a sign...
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NPPF Happy 10th Anniversary
Published: 24.03.22
Happy Anniversary Sunday 27th March marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the National P...