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Houses of multiple occupation (HMO) – what’s the latest?

Published: 09.08.19

Important planning and licencing requirements for HMOs....

Q&A with Chris Kirby

Published: 24.05.19

Q: What are you most looking forward to getting your teeth into at Planning Insight? The prospect of...

Saving the high street – from a planners perspective

Published: 24.05.19

Small independent shops versus the big chains; bricks and mortar versus online; the debate about the...

Southall Court Granted

Published: 10.04.19

We have today received planning permission from the London Borough of Ealing for the application at ...

House in Multiple Occupation Update

Published: 10.04.19

Following the introduction of legislation in July, as of 1st October 2018, any House in Multiple Occ...

NPPF implications – Green Belt

Published: 10.04.19

Whilst Green Belt land continues to be afforded a high level of protection,  the new NPPF’s narr...

NPPF Implications – Town centre diversification and boundary revision

Published: 10.04.19

Prompted by the continuing changes in the retail sector and the impact this is having on the urban f...

Project Win – Ilford

Published: 10.04.19

Having regard to the two previous pre-application responses from the London Borough of Redbridge tha...

The requirements for making a valid application for planning permission

Published: 28.02.19

Acquiring planning permission for your dream development can be a stressful process. Planning permis...

Planning Application Fees to Rise

On 13th January 2025, a draft statutory instrument was laid before Parliament which, if approved, wi...

Planning Obligations – Time and Money

Planning Obligations – Time and Money The topic of planning obligations and Section 106 (s106) agr...

Revised NPPF July 2024

The proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) announced by Angela Rayner inc...

Labour and Conservatives on Planning

We are in the middle of the campaign and both of the main parties, Conservatives and Labour, have pu...

Class Q and Class R – Changes to Permitted Development Rights

Significant changes were published last week to Class Q and Class R of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Gen...

The Exemptions to Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain

Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (“BNG”) came into effect on 12th February, for major development...

Autumn Statement – Planning Measures

In yesterday’s Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a number of measures to tackle t...

Small Sites Contributions

Several London Councils have adopted Local Plans in 2022 and several more are at advanced stages wit...

Levelling Up – Levys, S106 and CIL

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill revealed the Government’s intentions for the Infrastructure...

The Queens Speech – Our Takeaways

We had been promised so much, yet now it finally seems official that drastic planning reforms have b...