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After obtaining Prior Approval for the conversion of a former poultry unit to a four bedroom dwelling in Worcestershire last year, the...

Key Changes in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 1. Reforming Planning Committees A national delegation system will decide which...

Agricultural buildings can be converted to dwellings under the Class Q procedure. Other the fact that the Class Q Permitted Development...

The UK government has introduced a new framework for Green Belt planning, redefining how land is assessed and categorised for potential...

We have secured full planning consent for a new three-bedroom detached house on a previously redundant site in Northfield, Birmingham....

Coventry City Council is now consulting on the Coventry Local Plan (Regulation 19 – Proposed Submission Plan).   The Proposed Submission...

On 13th January, the Government tabled a statutory instrument that will increase the fees payable for a wide range of applications,...

Stratford-on-Avon District Council and Warwick District Council have given the go ahead for public consultation on the next stage of the...

Following on swiftly from the recent Regulation 19 consultation which closed in early November, Sandwell Council has confirmed that it...

Following on from the Council’s second Regulation 19 consultation earlier this year, South Staffordshire Council submitted their Local...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 12th...

We were delighted to have been invited to the grand opening of 2 new floodlit padel courts at Four Oaks Tennis and Padel Club in Sutton...

Following the well documented recent withdrawal of the Solihull Local Plan from Examination, the Council has now commenced the process...

We have received consent for our client’s Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust’s (MPFT) property in the town centre of...

Wolverhampton City Council is now consulting on the Wolverhampton Local Plan (Regulation 19 - Publication Plan).   Following the...

Lichfield District Council is now consulting on the first formal stage of the preparation of the new Local Plan. The Issues and Options...

Dudley Council is now consulting on the Dudley Local Plan (Regulation 19 - Publication Plan).   The Publication Plan sets out the final...

We recently published an article advising that The Government’s Inspectors had written to Solihull Council on 4th September 2024...

The Government’s Inspectors have written to the three South Worcestershire Councils (i.e. Worcester City, Malvern Hills and Wychavon)...

Think you know what Go-Karting is? Think again! We are extremely pleased to have secured planning permission for a completely new form of...