All posts by Andrew Roberts
Listed Building work conversion of Grade 2 listed use class...
Permitted Development PD and listed building conversion work. Linda Wright and Andrew Roberts are back answering Planning Permission questions and Gorilla investor poses some great ones today.
Today...
Boris U-TURN – New Planning Reforms ditched!
New planning reforms set in motion by Robert Jenrick, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings are to be scrapped.
Boris Johnson draws property industry’s ire over watered-down planning reforms. Plans...
Planners error lands council in court – Your proposal...
Planners Error Lands Them in COURT! What steps you can take if you have a planning refusal
Linda and I discuss a bizarre mix-up ‘Your proposal is whack’: Chaos as ‘junior...
Nimby Michael Gove MP set to HALT biggest planning overhaul...
Michael Gove MP Famous for stabbing Boris Johnson in the front in the leadership campaign after the BREXIT vote is to head up the new government Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities and...
New Article 4’s are coming – What you need to...
New article 4’s are coming! Act fast to seize opportunities before the door closes on you. Linda and I break down everything you need to know following a review of statements from over 30...
New Class M Prior Approval Planning Permission Changes...
Yes on 31st July 2021 Class M EXPIRED for the conversion of 150 sqm of certain commercial properties.
The Government in their infinite wisdom launched a NEW Permitted Development Right, actually a...
Class G Vs Class MA Prior Approval What are the Differences...
Linda Wright gives an excellent explanation comparing and contrasting class G v class MA These 2 NEW prior approvals for converting use class E-commercial space to residential C3 uses. Did you know...
National Planning Policy Framework NPPF 2021 – Key...
Linda Wright explains the key changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, NPPF 2021
Most importantly for us as property developers, Linda explains the changes to article 4 planning restrictions...
Class G Permitted Development Changes...
Class G of the General Permitted Development Order (GDPO) a permitted development right to create 2 flats on the upper floors without asking the council for a Use Class E building has been consigned...
Myth-busting – Electrical Safety installations Act...
The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 came into force on 1 June 2020 and will apply to all new tenancies in England from 1 July 2020.
Thanks to Bill...