Across the country, over 80 mistreated and disused built-up spaces have plans to be reconstructed and transformed into green oases…
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Category: Building Regulations & Planning Section
Founder of Carphone Warehouse involved in row with neighbours over extension plans for £20 million mansion
Sir Charles Dunstone and wife, Celia, want more space in their mansion. But nearby neighbours say that they have already suffered enough….
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Battersea Power Station – another obstacle to its development?
Since it was decommissioned in 1983, the Grade I Listed Battersea Power Station has seen many abortive attempts to make use of the site…..
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Applications to be fast tracked in bid to speed up the planning process and increase house building
New proposals will allow councils to offer fast track planning application services in a bid to boost house building…..
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New legislation set to protect UK music venues in planning law
Brand new legislation is to be implemented across the UK in a bid to protect music venues in planning law.
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In case you missed it – Noisy construction works banned at weekends in Royal Borough
The London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea to ban all construction works on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays due to an increase in noise complaints……
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Generous woman’s last wish
Vanora Hereward donated land so that affordable homes could be built for families that were affected by rising property prices
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Kensington & Chelsea Council reveals pre-application advice to the public
In what is widely believed to be a first for local councils in the country, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea will now routinely publish the advice provided by their planning officers and Architectural Appraisal Panel.
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Chichester defeats judicial review of neighbourhood plan
Ref. LCrownhall Estates Ltd, R (on the application of) v Chichester District Council & Ors [2016] EWHC 73
In the latest of a long line of legal proceedings, Mr Justice Holgate has presided over a third judicial review of the Loxwood Neighbourhood Plan (LNP). The result is a comprehensive victory for the defending council and a boost for Neighbourhood Plan drafters everywhere…
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Fisherman’s Friend tycoon builds a lighthouse on her land without planning permission
Multi-millionaire and Fisherman’s Friend tycoon has 30ft lighthouse replica built on her land only to learn she may have to knock it down because she has no planning permission…
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