The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) relating to the Office for Nuclear Regulation comes into force on 01/04/2014:
New Legislation: Continue reading
The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) relating to the Office for Nuclear Regulation comes into force on 01/04/2014:
New Legislation: Continue reading
Nick Boles MP (Planning Minister) has made the following written statement to Parliament, the second part of which relates to the proposed new PD rights for A1, A2, B1, C1, C2, C2A, D2, and agricultural properties:
On 06/03/2014, DCLG launched the following "Planning Practice Guidance" website:
WRITTEN STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT (FEBRUARY 2014):
Nick Boles MP (Planning Minister) has made the following written statement to Parliament about Part 3 Class J of the GPDO (i.e. office-to-residential conversions): Continue reading
The following document has recently appeared on the Planning Portal website:
UPDATE: The above document appeared on the Planning Portal website in January 2014 (and was available via this link), but was subsequently removed in 2015-2016. As such, it's difficult to know what weight should now be given to the above document. Continue reading
The HM Treasury "Autumn Statement 2013" document (link) indicates that the government is due to consult on proposed new PD rights to allow changes of use from A1 to A3, and from A1 to D2. For reference, the above document states the following: Continue reading
The government has announced its intention to "reduce and consolidate planning regulations", as set out by this press release dated 29/10/2013. Continue reading
The "GPDO 1995 (Consolidated)" document on this website has been updated to incorporate the following new Statutory Instrument (SI), which made additional amendments to Part 31 (Demolition of buildings) from 01/10/2013 onwards: Continue reading
This post provides a checklist of the main types of issues that LPAs should review before the 11 new SIs come into force on 01/10/2013: Continue reading
This group of new legislation relates to CONSERVATION AREA CONSENT.
GROUP 1 OF 4 - New Legislation - 4 new Statutory Instruments (SIs):
List of 11 new Statutory Instruments (SIs) coming into force on 01/10/2013:
[UPDATE: For the subsequent government "response" to this consultation, and subsequent legislation relating to this consultation, please view this post].
DCLG has published the following public consultation, which runs from 06/08/2013 to 15/10/2013: Continue reading
Introduction:
The following High Court judgment, which was handed down on 18/06/2013, has found that the advice in the DCLG "Technical Guidance" document (August 2010, updated January 2013) is incorrect in relation to condition B.2(b) of Part 1 Class B of the GPDO 1995: Continue reading
With respect to WALES only, the following new Statutory Instrument (SI) will replace Part 1 of the GPDO on 30/09/2013: Continue reading
The GPDO 1995 (Consolidated) document has been updated to incorporate the following new Statutory Instrument (SI), which amends Part 24 of the GPDO on 21/08/2013: Continue reading
The following new Statutory Instrument has been incorporated into the GPDO 1995 (Consolidated) document:
The above SI amends the GPDO 1995 as follows:
[UPDATE: The information on this page has subsequently been incorporated into the "GPDO Part 1 (All Classes) - Summary of Amendments since 2013" page].
The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 30/05/2013:
New Legislation: Continue reading
[UPDATE: The information on this page has subsequently been incorporated into the "GPDO Other Parts - Summary of Amendments since 2013" page].
The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 30/05/2013:
New Legislation: Continue reading
The Consolidated Legislation section of this website has been updated as follows: Continue reading
A number of updates have been made to the Consolidated Legislation section of this website, as detailed below: Continue reading