This month started as it meant to go on with lots of push back from planning, conservation, and tree officers.
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.