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2024 Permitted Development Right Changes for Agricultural Buildings
The UK Government has announced major changes to permitted development rights for agricultural buildings effective 21 May 2024. These...

Dan Foster - Chartered Town Planner
May 7, 20243 min read
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We're Expanding - Exeter Office Now Open
As a result of growing demand from clients in Devon and Cornwall, we are excited to announce that we now have offices in the heart of...

Nigel Salmon
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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Important Changes to Planning Enforcement Legislation effective 25 April 2024
Historically, the four-year time limit for enforcement against unauthorised building works (operational development).

Nigel Salmon
Apr 12, 20242 min read
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Dorset Planning Appeal Win in IOWA Designated Area
Outline planning permission for seven new dwellings on a greenfield site granted on the edge of Shaftesbury in Dorset.

Dan Foster - Chartered Town Planner
Apr 11, 20242 min read
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Is Passivhaus the Key to Sustainable Housing?
In the field of sustainable residential architecture, The Passivhaus Standard is recognised as a beacon for energy efficiency and...

Joe Wood
Feb 26, 20243 min read
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Urgent call for sites in East Somerset - deadline Monday 4 September
If you own a site in the former Mendip area which is potentially suitable and available for housing development before 2029, then get in con

Nigel Salmon
Aug 18, 20232 min read
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The Planning Appeals Process - What you need to know in England & Wales?
If your application has been refused, whether it relates to Planning Permission, Listed Building Consent or one of the many other applicatio

Nigel Salmon
Jul 7, 20234 min read
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One new unified Council for Somerset – but what does it mean for planning?
April 1st 2023 was a big day for Somerset as the new Somerset Council came into being and the four previous District Councils – Mendip,...

Nigel Salmon
Apr 6, 20232 min read
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Do I need a planning consultant or an architect?
We get asked this question a lot. And the answer is – if you’re undertaking any kind of building works in the UK and you would like to...

Nigel Salmon
Mar 1, 20234 min read
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How will Gove’s planning reforms affect you and your community?
Michael Gove, current Housing Secretary, has stated that: “We are going to do everything we can in order to ensure that more of the right...

Nigel Salmon
Feb 13, 20233 min read
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