New Permitted Development Order – now published, April 2015

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 21, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Eric Pickles has now published a new Town & Country Planning Act covering all permitted development with the conditions pertaining to each development whether extra building or a change of sue.  It’s all there in a long document, and should be useful for reference whenever a problem of permitted development arises. The hyperlink is here:...
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New Permitted Development Order – come into effect April 2015

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 21, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments A new General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) comes into effect next week, 15 April 2015.  The UCO (Use Classes Order, 1987) provides classes of land usage, and normally, change of use between these classes is not permitted.  But the GPDO provides exceptions. The original GPDO came into effect in 1995.  The new GPDO, Statutory Instrument 2015 No 596, replaces this on 15 April 2015.  In some...
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Highfield House Hotel – March 2015

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 21, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments The Highfield Residents Association and many local residents have welcomed the news that plans to convert the Highfield House Hotel into student accommodation have been withdrawn. The hotel will now be refurbished.
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B&Q, Portswood Road – March 2015

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 21, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Following the landowners’ refusal to renew B&Q’s Portswood Road lease, the landowners have now submitted a planning application to the Council for 528 student units. Report of HMO Scrutiny Panel
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