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Episode 6 with Lord Moylan, Chairman of the Built Environment Select Committee, will be interviewed by Paul G Tucker KC. Thursday the 5th of December at 5:30pm Sasha White KC provides the latest new updates since our previous episode. Chris Young KC looks at the decision of an inspector dated 28th November 2024 dismissing three appeals by Artemis Land and Agriculture Ltd against the decision of the Chichester District Council in relation to Crouchlands Farm, Rickman’s Lane, Plaistow, to fail determine two applications, one for 108 homes and one for mixed commercial uses and also to refuse a third outline application for 492 homes, multiple issues including water neutrality and flood risk. Charlie Banner (Lord Banner KC) discusses the decision of an inspector dated 27th November 2024 allowing an appeal by BDW Trading Ltd against the decision of the Hertsmere Borough Council to refuse an application for up to 220 dwellings including 50% affordable housing including POS, landscaping, SUDs and access and ecological enhancements to Woodcock Hill Village Green on land wholly within the Green Belt at Barnet Lane & Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, adjoining the settlement. Issues around policy framework, weight to certain local plan policies, effect on openness to GB & any other harm, weight to benefits & if VSC found. Mary Cook explains the decision of an inspector dated 22nd November 2024 allowing an appeal by Hodson Developments Ltd against the decision of the Ashford Borough Council to refuse an outline application for up to 655 dwellings on arable land north of Possingham Farmhouse, Great Chart in the context of less than a 5 yr HLS on a site largely outside an allocated new community in the Chilmington Green AAP. Issues around impact on heritage assets, landscape, highways & sustainability of location & a contribution to secondary school provision. Episode information and webinar instructions can be found on our redesigned website below: https://lnkd.in/eRdC8KGt Watch Live! You can register for the Show, which starts at 5:30pm on Thursday, by going here: https://lnkd.in/eqXfrR2d If you have logged in already, then the password is same We'll also be trialling livestreaming the event on YouTube, so please remember to subscribe to be notified when the stream goes live. Alternatively, if you can't make the live event, it will Premiere on YouTube this Friday at 12pm (UK Time) The podcast versions on Apple Podcasts & Spotify are also available here: https://lnkd.in/eB5a6fE7 #HWGPNFY

Episode 6 with Lord Moylan, Chairman of the Built Environment Select Committee, will be interviewed by Paul G Tucker KC. Thursday the 5th of December at 5:30pm Sasha White KC provides the latest new updates since our previous episode. Chris Young KC looks at the decision of an inspector dated 28th November 2024 dismissing three appeals by Artemis Land and Agriculture Ltd against the decision of the Chichester District Council in relation to Crouchlands Farm, Rickman’s Lane, Plaistow, to fail determine two applications, one for 108 homes and one for mixed commercial uses and also to refuse a third outline application for 492 homes, multiple issues including water neutrality and flood risk. Charlie Banner (Lord Banner KC) discusses the decision of an inspector dated 27th November 2024 allowing an appeal by BDW Trading Ltd against the decision of the Hertsmere Borough Council to refuse an application for up to 220 dwellings including 50% affordable housing including POS, landscaping, SUDs and access and ecological enhancements to Woodcock Hill Village Green on land wholly within the Green Belt at Barnet Lane & Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, adjoining the settlement. Issues around policy framework, weight to certain local plan policies, effect on openness to GB & any other harm, weight to benefits & if VSC found. Mary Cook explains the decision of an inspector dated 22nd November 2024 allowing an appeal by Hodson Developments Ltd against the decision of the Ashford Borough Council to refuse an outline application for up to 655 dwellings on arable land north of Possingham Farmhouse, Great Chart in the context of less than a 5 yr HLS on a site largely outside an allocated new community in the Chilmington Green AAP. Issues around impact on heritage assets, landscape, highways & sustainability of location & a contribution to secondary school provision. Episode information and webinar instructions can be found on our redesigned website below: https://lnkd.in/eRdC8KGt Watch Live! You can register for the Show, which starts at 5:30pm on Thursday, by going here: https://lnkd.in/eqXfrR2d If you have logged in already, then the password is same We'll also be trialling livestreaming the event on YouTube, so please remember to subscribe to be notified when the stream goes live. Alternatively, if you can't make the live event, it will Premiere on YouTube this Friday at 12pm (UK Time) The podcast versions on Apple Podcasts & Spotify are also available here: https://lnkd.in/eB5a6fE7 #HWGPNFY

It has been drawn to my attention today that the Planning Inspectorate now include the following text in their automatic response to emails: "We are currently experiencing delays in processing and matching appeals with a suitable Inspector. Please therefore be advised that we will not be able to provide a response to emails chasing for a start letter or site visit as this will enable us more time to process the casework." I have also seen recent anecdotal evidence of planning appeals which would ordinarily have been allocated to the inquiry procedure being allocated to the hearing procedure instead. Many of us predicted months ago that PINS would, without additional resourcing, struggle to deal with the uptick in planning appeals (and indeed Local Plan EiPs) that would flow from the changes in the NPPF. It seems this is already happening. The answer is not to funnel appeals that deserve to be considered at inquiry into the hearing procedure where the %age success rate is markedly lower (hence why most developers/promoters want an inquiry for their appeals) - thus undermining the 'growth agenda'. Nor is it to mask the true extent of delays by measuring performance against targets by reference to the start date, which may come several weeks (or more) after an appeal is submitted. It is to resource PINS properly, including considering using the existing, unused power to charge appeal fees e.g. for an optional 'bespoke procedure' for those appellants willing to pay to get the procedure they want and the dates they want. Every developer/promoter I've spoken to about this has unhesitatingly said 'Yes' when I asked if they'd pay a £10K appeal fee to get those things in return. Multiply that by (say) 200 appeals and that's £2m extra for PINS. Without the need for any legislation. There are some who say that would lead to an unfairly two tier appeals system. I disagree. You can already pay extra to get your passport in a day rather than in weeks. The independence of decision-making would still be preserved. The system I propose would be entirely lawful and in keeping with natural justice & procedural fairness. In an ideal world, there may be more perfect ways to resolve the backlog and deal with the forthcoming deluge of appeals, but we don't live in ideal world - rather one where the perfect is the enemy of the good. Please do not take this post as a criticism of PINS or the draft new NPPF. I have a lot of respect for both of them. It is more of a call to arms to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to take the easy win. #planning #housing #nppf Have We Got Planning News For You

The Future of Placemaking Now Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Episode 5 with Pooja Agrawal, Chief Executive Office at PUBLIC PRACTICE, was interviewed by Mary Cook. Thursday the 21st of November at 5:30pm Paul G Tucker KC provided the latest new updates since our previous episode. Sasha White KC looked at a decision of the High Court dated 13th November 2024 in White v Plymouth City Council [2024] EWHC 2824 (Admin), dismissing an application for contempt of court - made after a delay of 8 months - for allegedly interfering with the administration of justice relating to a decision to implement a redevelopment scheme comprising the felling of trees on Armada Way in March 2023. Thea Osmund-Smith examined a decision of an inspector dated 11th November 2024 allowing an appeal a by Gladman Developments Ltd against the decision of the Central Bedfordshire Council to refuse an outline application for the erection of up to 170 dwellings including affordable housing with POS, landscaping, SUDs and access on an unallocated undeveloped site immediately adjoining the settlement of Langford. Issues around HLS, loss of BMV, heritage impacts and landscape impacts. Charlie Banner (Lord Banner KC) explained a decision of an inspector dated 7th November 2024 allowing an appeal by M Scott Properties Ltd against the decision of the St Albans City & District Council to refuse an outline application for up to 95 dwellings on green belt land between Caravan Site and Watling Street, Park Street, St Albans, in the context of a 1.7 yr HLS on a site proposed to be allocated in the approved ELP, at the Reg 19 stage, VSC found. Episode resources can be found on our website here: https://lnkd.in/eDF5bkzC YouTube: https://lnkd.in/efUdpyAb Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eB5a6fE7 We'll be back on the 5th of December, but please remember to subscribe to us on your preferred platform to be notified when new episodes become available! #HWGPNFY

The Future of Placemaking Now Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Episode 5 with Pooja Agrawal, Chief Executive Office at PUBLIC PRACTICE, was interviewed by Mary Cook. Thursday the 21st of November at 5:30pm Paul G Tucker KC provided the latest new updates since our previous episode. Sasha White KC looked at a decision of the High Court dated 13th November 2024 in White v Plymouth City Council [2024] EWHC 2824 (Admin), dismissing an application for contempt of court - made after a delay of 8 months - for allegedly interfering with the administration of justice relating to a decision to implement a redevelopment scheme comprising the felling of trees on Armada Way in March 2023. Thea Osmund-Smith examined a decision of an inspector dated 11th November 2024 allowing an appeal a by Gladman Developments Ltd against the decision of the Central Bedfordshire Council to refuse an outline application for the erection of up to 170 dwellings including affordable housing with POS, landscaping, SUDs and access on an unallocated undeveloped site immediately adjoining the settlement of Langford. Issues around HLS, loss of BMV, heritage impacts and landscape impacts. Charlie Banner (Lord Banner KC) explained a decision of an inspector dated 7th November 2024 allowing an appeal by M Scott Properties Ltd against the decision of the St Albans City & District Council to refuse an outline application for up to 95 dwellings on green belt land between Caravan Site and Watling Street, Park Street, St Albans, in the context of a 1.7 yr HLS on a site proposed to be allocated in the approved ELP, at the Reg 19 stage, VSC found. Episode resources can be found on our website here: https://lnkd.in/eDF5bkzC YouTube: https://lnkd.in/efUdpyAb Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eB5a6fE7 We'll be back on the 5th of December, but please remember to subscribe to us on your preferred platform to be notified when new episodes become available! #HWGPNFY

Tomorrow at 5:30pm!

Episode 5 with Pooja Agrawal, Chief Executive Officer at PUBLIC PRACTICE, will be interviewed by Mary Cook. Thursday the 21st of November at 5:30pm Paul G Tucker KC provides the latest new updates since our previous episode. Sasha White KC takes a look at a decision of the High Court dated 13th November 2024 in White v Plymouth City Council [2024] EWHC 2824 (Admin), dismissing an application for contempt of court - made after a delay of 8 months - for allegedly interfering with the administration of justice relating to a decision to implement a redevelopment scheme comprising the felling of trees on Armada Way in March 2023. Thea Osmund-Smith examines a decision of an inspector dated 11th November 2024 allowing an appeal a by Gladman Developments Ltd against the decision of the Central Bedfordshire Council to refuse an outline application for the erection of up to 170 dwellings including affordable housing with POS, landscaping, SUDs and access on an unallocated undeveloped site immediately adjoining the settlement of Langford. Issues around HLS, loss of BMV, heritage impacts and landscape impacts. Charlie Banner (Lord Banner KC) explains a decision of an inspector dated 7th November 2024 allowing an appeal by M Scott Properties Ltd against the decision of the St Albans City & District Council to refuse an outline application for up to 95 dwellings on green belt land between Caravan Site and Watling Street, Park Street, St Albans, in the context of a 1.7 yr HLS on a site proposed to be allocated in the approved ELP, at the Reg 19 stage, VSC found. Episode information and webinar instructions can be found on our website below: https://lnkd.in/eDF5bkzC Watch Live! You can register for the Show, which starts at 5:30 on Thursday, by going here: https://lnkd.in/eqXfrR2d If you have logged in already, then the password is same Alternatively, if you can't make the live event, it will Premiere on YouTube this Friday at 12pm (UK Time) The podcast versions on Apple Podcasts & Spotify are also available here: https://lnkd.in/eB5a6fE7 #HWGPNFY

All Things Biodiversity Net Gain Now Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Our Special Guest this week, was Rachel Danemann, Planning Manager (Midlands & South West) for the Home Builders Federation and was interviewed by Charlie Banner (Lord Banner KC). Chris Young KC provided the Latest News Updates from the last fortnight. Mary Cook looked at a decision of the Court of Appeal dated 16th October 2024 in R (oao Save Stonehenge World) v Secretary of State for Transport [2024] EWHC 1227 (Admin), dismissing the appeal on grounds 1 to 5, allowing the appeal against refusal of permission on ground 6 but dismissing the claim itself. Thea Osmund-Smith explained the decision of an inspector dated 30th October 2024 allowing Appeal A and dismissing Appeal B by Finebeam Ltd against the decisions of the Council of the London Borough of Newham to refuse applications for the demolition of 3 storey buildings & planning permission for 74 and 72 dwellings at Abbey House, Bakers Row, Stratford giving rise to issues on design, daylight & sunlight, heritage impacts on Abbey Gardens, a SAM, AH & HLS. Sasha White KC examined a decision of an inspector dated 30th October 2024 dismissing an appeal by Gladman Developments Ltd Associated against the decision of the Cherwell District Council to refuse an outline application for up to 60 dwellings on land at Tadmarton Road, Bloxham, an unallocated site in the countryside– in large part a former quarry-in the context of issues on flood risk, noise, odour and water infrastructure. Episode resources can be found on our website here: https://lnkd.in/eNYQYKeA YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e6jSv2k5 Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eB5a6fE7 We'll be back on the 21st of November, but please remember to subscribe to us on your preferred platform to be notified when new episodes become available! #HWGPNFY

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