We, the undersigned, express our deep concern about the latest proposals for the expansion of Permitted Development Rights in England.
These proposals will lower housing standards and accessible natural green infrastructure provision, extinguish local democracy, and end public participation. Communities and their local councils have simply lost control of many of the forms of development that matter most to them.
Permissions for over one million new homes are already in place but not built out according to the Local Government Association. There is little case to be made that the current system does not deliver consent for development.
Existing permitted development rights have resulted in what the Government’s own report has called poor quality homes. Much less funding is going to local authorities as a result of these changes. Councillors and MPs across the spectrum have voiced their deep concern at the size, quality, amenity, design, location and climate change implicatio
Critical committee rejects 22-storey apartment plan on edge of Coventry city centre
A committee was highly-critical of the plans
12:07, 15 JAN 2021
A CGI of the Abbotts Lane scheme (Image: Complex Development Projects)
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Villagers urge council to allow huge vintage crane to stay where it is
The 18m crane has been standing in Doveridge for years
The crane in situ at Steve Foster Crane Hire, in Derby Road, Doveridge.
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Bats, breeding birds, dormice
Bats
Bats, breeding birds, badgers, reptiles and great crested newts
Traditional timber-framed building (such as a barn or oast house)
Bats, breeding birds including barn owls
Lakes, rivers and streams (on the land or nearby)
Breeding birds, fish, otters, water voles and white-clawed crayfish
Heathland on, nearby or linked to the site (by similar habitat)
Breeding birds, badgers, dormice, reptiles, invertebrates, natterjack toads and protected plants
Meadows, grassland, parkland and pasture on the land or linked to the site (by similar habitat)
Bats, badgers, breeding birds, great crested newts, invertebrates, reptiles and protected plants
Ponds or slow-flowing water bodies (like ditches) on the site, or within 500m and linked by semi-natural habitat such as parks or heaths
Water cycle studies
Find out when to prepare a water cycle study for your proposed development plan document, or development, and what to focus on.
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This guidance is for local planning authorities (and their consultants) and developers who are preparing water cycle studies. It sets out what the Environment Agency expects to see in a water cycle study. It complements guidance provided by the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (
Water cycle studies: planning sustainable growth
The National Planning Policy Framework states that strategic policies in development plan documents should make ‘sufficient provision’ for infrastructure for: