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Biodiversity Net Gain

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is the principle that development should include mitigation and enhancement measures that leave the natural world in a better condition than before the development took place. Development...

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Posted January 17, 2022
In Snippets

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

National Planning Policy

“Although the starting point for considering whether any proposed development or change of use is compliant with planning policy is the Local Planning Authority’s (LPA’s) adopted local plan (or the relevant...

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Posted September 15, 2021
In Planning Consultancy

Class Q Consent for Commercial Glasshouse

“A recent appeal case that allowed the conversion of a commercial glasshouse at Nailsbourne, near Taunton, as Class Q permitted development has raised some interesting issues”, says Isabella Pyne of Acorn...

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Posted August 24, 2021
In Planning Consultancy

Description of Development

“When a planning application is made, there is a requirement to describe details of the proposed development. This is an important step as it feeds through to the Local Planning Authority’s...

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Posted August 24, 2021
In Planning Consultancy