Planning Update: August 2021
The latest on local consultations, planning applications and appeals across Bath and its environs, as well as national planning news. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for August 2021 here.
Planning Update: July 2021
The latest on local consultations, planning applications and appeals across Bath and its environs, as well as national planning news. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for July 2021 here.
Planning Update: June 2021
The latest on local consultations, planning applications and appeals across Bath and its environs, as well as national planning news. You can read BPT’s Planning Update for June 2021 here.
Planning reforms risk inadvertent weakening of environmental and heritage protection, local democracy and community engagement
A bill aimed at reforming England’s planning system has been announced in the Queen’s Speech today (11 May). The Queen said the Government wants to bring forward the bill to make sure more homes can be built and more people can own their own home. The bill, which is expected to be brought before Parliament…
The Trust has Responded to the National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code Consultation
The government has consulted on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to implement policy changes in response to the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission Living with Beauty report. Changes set out a greater emphasis on beauty and local distinctiveness and calls for poorly designed developments to be refused. Other amendments include greater reference to…
BPT Responds to Local Plan Partial Update Options Consultation
B&NES Council has recently consulted on updated Local Plan policies based on changes in local circumstances and national policy and legislation since the 2014-2017 adoption of the Core Strategy and Placemaking Plan. Proposed revisions intend to address the Council’s declaration of a Climate and Ecological Emergency, update the local authorities housing supply to ensure the…
We’ve responded to the Government consultation on extending permitted development rights in Conservation Areas. The changes would harm heritage and the diversity and vitality of our high streets, and facilitate the creation of poor-quality homes.
We are specifically concerned that unlike some of the recent changes to permitted development, this consultation proposes that a new permitted development right to change use from Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to residential (C3) would apply in conservation areas. Diversity is critical to the vitality and vibrancy of historic towns and shopping streets….
Full response to Planning White Paper Consultation
The Planning for the Future White Paper proposes dramatic changes to the planning system and has given rise to serious concerns across many sectors. This is our full response submitted to the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government at the end of October. While the stated aims of the White Paper should be outcomes…
Planning Reforms: The Trust’s Response
The Planning for the Future White Paper (published in August) sets out a number of controversial changes to the planning system including; stripped back local plans, zonal planning, top down housing targets, more permitted developments, scrapping Section 106 agreements and replacing with a national infrastructure levy which can fund affordable housing, design codes and new…
Permitted development is not the answer for high street or housing crisis
The Trust has responded to the recent planning reform consultation issued by the government. The paper looked at relaxing change of use rules for retail units to make some changes of use class permitted development. In addition the reforms look to gauge feedback on the proposal to allow some form of roof addition/extensions (i.e upward ‘space’)…