Category: Planning & Development

Agriculture, Planning & Development

Developers in England will be required to deliver 10% “Biodiversity Net Gain” from January 2024 onwards

Information below taken from the gov website which you can read in full by clicking here. Government has set out next steps on plans for new housing, commercial and infrastructure developments to be “nature positive” today (Wednesday 27th September) by confirming that upcoming legislation to bring in these rules will be laid in November. This is the first step in putting the new rules, known as “Biodiversity … Continue reading Developers in England will be required to deliver 10% “Biodiversity Net Gain” from January 2024 onwards

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Planning & Development

Planning Rule Change For Temporary Campsites

Landowners can now benefit from the new Class BC Permitted Development Right which allows for the temporary use of land as a recreational campsite for up to 60 days per calendar year. This Right will provide landowners with more flexibility to allow camping on their land without requiring a full planning application which will support the prosperity of land-based businesses and the rural economy. Class … Continue reading Planning Rule Change For Temporary Campsites

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Planning & Development

Buckinghamshire Call For Sites

Buckinghamshire Council is beginning work on the new Local Plan (LP4B). The LP4B will allocate brownfield and greenfield sites for development in the period up to 2040 to meet the housing and economic development needs of Buckinghamshire.   The council is keen to ensure that when new development takes place, it is sustainable and makes best use of available land. They have already undertaken two ‘Call … Continue reading Buckinghamshire Call For Sites

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Agriculture, Planning & Development

Extensive repairs to barns before applying for Class Q could prohibit application

Interesting article below on adding ‘extra bits’ to a barn before going for a Class Q.    The Inspector found that in the case assessed  ‘recent repairs’ were ‘extensive’ and as such permitted development could not be used. Article below taken directly from DCP Blog which you can access in full by clicking here. Fans of ‘Only Fools and Horses’ might remember the sketch when … Continue reading Extensive repairs to barns before applying for Class Q could prohibit application

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Planning & Development, Updates

Planning reform

Article taken directly from IPA RA Magazine online, access by clicking here. In the Queen’s speech today [11th May 2021], the UK government set out its legislative plan for housing in a bid to help build more homes and increase homeownership. In her speech, the Queen said the government will help more people to own their own home while enhancing the rights of those who … Continue reading Planning reform

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Changes to Permitted Development Rights: Introduction of Class MA

In the past few years there have been lots of changes to Permitted Development Rights (PD). This latest change concerns change of use from the Commercial, Business and Service use (Class E). It will allow for the change of use from Class E to residential use (Class C3). To be able to take advantage of this new PD the building must have been in Class … Continue reading Changes to Permitted Development Rights: Introduction of Class MA

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Business, Farming, Grants and subsidies, Planning & Development, Updates

Natural Capital: Farm Business Opportunities

Natural Capital is a hot topic at the moment, but what opportunities could it bring for your farming business? Berrys have recently hosted a webinar on just the subject, with our guest speaker, Charles Cowap. We’ve uploaded the half hour video to our website, if you’d like to watch it, click here or on the picture below to go through to our web page. If … Continue reading Natural Capital: Farm Business Opportunities

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Business, Planning & Development

‘Build, Build, Build’ announcements: Changes to our planning system

I’m sure you’ve all noticed in the press that Boris Johnson has announced radical reforms to our planning system. The Government believe it will make it easier to build better homes where people want to live. They have said that the new regulations will give greater freedom for buildings and land in our town centres to change use without planning permission and create new homes … Continue reading ‘Build, Build, Build’ announcements: Changes to our planning system

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Agricultural Land Classification (ALC)

The most read post on my blog, consistently, is a post about Agricultural Land Classification (ALC), so I thought I would write about it again for you and to let you know – if you’re looking for an ALC survey, my colleague Will Tongue is able to assist you.  History The ALC was devised and introduced in the 1960s and Technical Report 11 (MAFF, 1966) … Continue reading Agricultural Land Classification (ALC)

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Agriculture, Business, Farming, Planning & Development, Updates

2018 Changes to Permitted Development Rights

Apologies for being so absent on the blog recently! Hopefully normal business can now resume with weekly blog posts! We’ve had a busy time recently re-locating and I am now back working for Berry Rural Team across Northamptonshire. So on with the post… This isn’t the latest news, so doubtless you have already read press coverage about the change to permitted development that happened this … Continue reading 2018 Changes to Permitted Development Rights

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