Officers at Rutland County Council have recommended to their Members that they withdraw their emerging Local Plan due to it not meeting...

Land that traverses the boundary between St Albans City and District Council and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has been granted...

Article 34 of The town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 – the DMPO – sets out the requirement...

A new version of the National Planning Policy Framework has been published as a follow on from the ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful...

Back in May, the Housing Minister Christopher Pincher revealed the local authorities which will be testing the application of the...

Judging whether an outbuilding ought to be considered ‘incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling’ is not always easy. The provision...

2021 is a make-or-break year for climate action, with the window to prevent the worst impacts of climate change closing rapidly on us....

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused setbacks all over the world, however, as restrictions are slowly lifting, a new light has been shone...

A number of recent articles have described new appeal cases on Class Q as ‘paving the way for new builds’, however, the fallback...

Following on from the Queen’s Speech earlier this week, proposals for the long-awaited new planning bill were announced as a follow-up to...

Whatever the size or complexity of the project, our architectural team offer a complete and bespoke service, from initial concept...

The government's controversial proposal to allow a range of town centre uses to convert to housing under a new permitted development (PD)...

Our application for the change of use of a former agricultural building to form one dwelling was submitted to Wokingham Borough Council...

What is the Housing Delivery Test? The Housing Delivery Test is an annual measurement of housing delivery in the area of relevant...

Class Q is pleased to have received approval from North Kesteven District Council for the conversion of disused piggery buildings to form...

The concept of ‘openness of the Green Belt’, and its relationship (if any) to visual impact, has been a point of constant discussion....

A handful of councils have so far announced that they are delaying work on their local plans due in whole or in part to the government's...

Our application for the redevelopment of 4 former agricultural buildings has been approved by Mid-Suffolk District Council following...

Replacing two barns in the Somerset countryside with two new dwellings would produce a better result than a fallback option allowing...

Our application for the conversion of an agricultural stone barn to a dwelling has been approved by Rutland City Council in spite of the...