It is said that the Treasury and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are pushing to exempt small plots from biodiversity net gain rules.
A useful article in The Guardian states that AI is being used by Councils to validate applications.
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill is currently going through the House of Parliament with last minute amendments.
Yesterday was spent in the offices of Somerset Council in Yeovil attending a hearing into the refusal of 46 houses on prime agricultural land in a sensitive landscape.
Planning permission and listed building consent was granted today for internal alterations to this two storey house.
My days are definitely numbered – having tried without success to upload a planning application I have been stymied at the final hurdle.
It won’t have escaped anyone’s notice that I am dissatisfied with the planning system but now I have another anecdote.
Much of what I do is not strictly in the Architect’s job description representing private clients in a court judgement or order where works have failed on site.
After 38 years of work I am proud of what I have achieved and been fortunate to work on some great projects and met some wonderful people in the industry.
The dysfunctional planning system has a fair part to play in making work harder than ever to achieve resilience but I won’t go there again. Perhaps having an all female team also has something to do with maintaining resilience.