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•20th September 2021

MATT’S CHARITY MARATHON RUN

Spruce Town Planning Director Matt Holmes will be taking on the Virgin London Marathon on the 3rd of October 2021. Matt is a keen runner and completing the London Marathon has long been on his ‘to do’ list. Matt will be raising money for the Bedford Hospital Primrose Unit Fund. If you would like to...
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•16th August 2021•

REVISED NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND MODEL DESIGN CODE PUBLISHED

An updated National Planning Policy Framework was published on 20th July 2021 following an earlier government consultation on the proposed revisions. The updates make a number of alterations to the text of the Framework. Those changes include; Measures to improve design, including a requirement for councils to produce local design guides or codes. A model...
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•9th April 2021

New permitted development rights to permit class E uses to be converted to homes to come into effect on 1st August 2021

The Government has published the anticipated amendment to the General Permitted Development Order that will allow qualifying buildings in class E use to be converted to housing (subject to prior approval). In mid-2020 the Government updated the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order, grouping a wider range of commercial uses into a new ‘E’...
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•19th October 2020•

Homes delivered through Permitted Development Rights will have to meet minimum space standards

The Government has announced that in the future, new homes delivered through Permitted Development Rights will have to meet the nationally prescribed minimum space standards for new housing. Permitted development rights presently allow a range of buildings such as offices, agricultural buildings and some shops to be converted to homes under certain circumstances without the...
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•22nd July 2020

New permitted development rights allowing certain vacant buildings to be demolished and replaced with housing introduced

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020, to take effect on the 31st of August 2020 introduces new permitted development rights to allow certain buildings to be demolished and replaced with housing. The explanatory note to the new regulations states that they allow for ‘the demolition of a...
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•22nd July 2020

New Permitted Development rights for upward extensions of houses and commercial buildings announced

Publication of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 has introduced new permitted development rights for the upward extension of certain types of property, and will come into force on 31st August 2020. Among the changes the new regulations introduce are permitted development rights to; Extend houses upwards...
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•22nd July 2020

Changes to the Use Classes Order to create a new ‘Commercial, Business and Service’ use class announced.

Changes to the Use Classes Order have been announced by the Government through the publication of The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 and will come into force on the 1st of September 2020. The regulations amend the use classes order to create a new ‘Class E’ encompassing the former use...
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•26th June 2020

New permitted development rights issued to extend flat blocks upwards

The Government has issued a new Statutory Instrument, the The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020, that will come into force on the 1st of August 2020. The document introduces new permitted development rights to add up to two storeys of additional accommodation to create additional flats on...
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•8th June 2020

Spruce Town Planning has moved!

We are pleased to announce that Spruce Town Planning Ltd has moved. We can now be found at Office 12A, Fleming Court Business Centre, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9PD. The company looks forward to a bright future, continuing to grow from our new offices.
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