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Impact Planning Services Ltd., is pleased to have secured success, with full awards of costs, at two appeals for our clients Abbey Developments Ltd., in the past two months, against the decisions of Milton Keynes Council to impose a Deed of Easement on residential development at the Reserved Matters Stage. The Applications Abbey acquired the […]
Impact Planning Services were pleased to secure planning permission for a single dwelling in Beaminster this week. Following discussions with the West Dorset Planning team the application was reported to committee with a positive recommendation for approval. The application sought the delivery of a single dwelling in a paddocked area, which lay beyond the defined […]
New rights to build upward extensions to certain buildings form a key part of the UK government’s recent reforms to the planning system with a focus on stimulating regeneration of towns and cities and delivering homes more easily as part of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The permitted development (PD) rights fall into two […]
Increasingly, Local Plans are allocating large, strategic sites to deliver the majority of their housing requirement, through Garden Towns and strategic extension to existing settlements. However, due to the scale of proposals and the level of infrastructure required, a greater level of opposition, reinforced by support of Local members or MP’s, there are often delays […]
IPS is delighted to have recently achieved a Certificate of Lawfulness establishing a rural property near Farley, Wiltshire as a permanent residential dwelling. The property is a wooden lodge which was originally permitted for use as an office, canteen and night watchman’s post for an adjacent sawmill business. This property has since been permanently resided […]
IPS were pleased to submit an application for a new veranda in association with a completed Dairy Shed Conversion in Bagendon, Gloucestershire this week. An application for the conversion of the former Dairy Shed, to a permanent dwelling for the Applicants was permitted in February 2018. Whilst this included development within the curtilage of the […]
Impact Planning Services (IPS) was commissioned by North Kesteven District Council (NKDC) in early 2019 to undertake an appraisal of a needs assessment (quantitative and qualitative) and planning statement which had been submitted by applicants seeking to develop a new crematorium at Thurlby, in Lincolnshire. This independent assessment assisted NKDC’s officers in the preparation of […]
We previously commented on the changes to the UK planning service and the key message from the Government’s Chief Planner, pressing for creative ways to continue the planning process to support the local economy. As the Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Ascent a few weeks ago, new ways to continue decision making within the Local […]
As we all settle into some form of routine, working from home on desks in the spare room and video conference calls, we thought it prudent to reflect on the changes and challenges we are all facing in these difficult times. The key message from the Government’s Chief Planner in his letter at the end […]
Owing to the recent acceleration of the virus within the UK, IPS would like to take the opportunity to reassure our clients, old and new, that we are working hard to minimise disruption to our work and practice and potential impact on our services to you. We are dutifully following the precautions set by […]