Planning Consultancy

Not so permitted development rights

“From time to time, cases come across our desks that remind us that carrying out development under permitted development rights is not without risk.  We have had a recent instruction that...

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Posted July 11, 2022
In Chartered surveyors and land agents

Is a holiday let a dwelling?

“The recent press reports of the surge in the number of houses registered as holiday lets have led to calls for planning restrictions to prevent houses in holiday hot spots from...

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Posted July 8, 2022
In Chartered surveyors and land agents

Breach of occupancy conditions

“We last discussed the breach of occupancy conditions in January 2018 but a recent instruction provides a useful reminder of some of the key issues”, says Brian Dinnis of Acorn Rural...

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Posted May 20, 2022
In Other news

What is a view worth?

“We have had several instructions recently where clients have been looking to discharge or modify a restrictive covenant that affects their property. A recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)...

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Posted May 19, 2022
In Other news

Biodiversity Net Gain

“Most of our clients will be aware that Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is on the agenda but have not yet started to think about if and how it may impact them”,...

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Posted March 16, 2022
In Agri-environmental schemes

A SILVER LINING?

“From time to time we come across some less well known provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA)”, says Mark Sanders of Acorn Rural Property Consultants. “One of...

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Posted February 7, 2022
In Planning Consultancy

Section 106 Agreements

“We continue to be busy on behalf of clients who are seeking to modify or remove Section 106 planning agreements”, says Mark Sanders of Acorn Rural Property Consultants. “Many planning agreements...

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Posted January 12, 2022
In Planning Consultancy

Discontinuance Orders

Section 102 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (the Act) gives Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) the power to require the discontinuance of any particular use of land or buildings,...

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Posted January 11, 2022
In Planning Consultancy

The four-year rule and new dwellings

“We often get asked when development or a change of use that has been carried out without obtaining planning consent becomes immune from enforcement,” says Brian Dinnis of Acorn Rural Property...

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Posted January 11, 2022
In Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution

Maintenance and improvement

“A recent appeal against the refusal by Cornwall Council of an application under Class Q to convert an agricultural building to a dwelling has highlighted some of the potential consequences of...

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Posted October 13, 2021
In Chartered surveyors and land agents