DHA Planning Group

The #ChiefPlanner has issued a newsletter which provides an update on the latest announcements from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and other government departments and agencies relating to planning practices and policy. The update includes: * Confirmation of the updated approach to "pragmatism" in #LocalPlan Examinations; * Transitional arrangements for Local Plans; * How to submit a large-scale housing site to the #NewHomesAcceleratorProgramme; * New Historic England advice on adapting historic buildings for energy and carbon efficiency; * Templates for local authorities to use when considering #BiodiversityNetGain; and * Natural England Signals launches Improved #SSSI Impact Risk Zones tool for Planners. If you have any questions regarding the update, please contact DHA’s Jonathan Buckwell.

A report has been published by Wokingham Borough Council with a proposal to publish the Regulation 19 Proposed Submission Plan for consultation this autumn. The consultation will be accompanied by the publication of an updated Local #Development #Scheme which sets out an aspiration to submit the Local Plan for Examination in December 2024 – January 2025. The proposal is due to be considered by the Full #Council this Thursday 19th September. If approved, the #consultation will end the long delay on the Local Plan Update following the previous consultation on the #Growth Strategy in late 2021 / early 2022. If this consultation is of interest to you, please do not hesitate to contact Mark Bewsey or Hannah McLaughlin to discuss further.  #wokingham #development #planning #transport #consultation

DHA Planning Group are delighted to have received notification from The Planning Inspectorate that two residential appeals have been allowed in the district of Sevenoaks. Working on behalf of Canham Homes, the two proposals for redevelopment of Oast House Nursery, #Ash were prepared following extensive pre-application engagement with Sevenoaks District Council. Despite two comprehensive Officer recommendations to grant #planningpermission, both were overturned by the Council’s Development Management Committee contrary to their advice.  As part of the subsequent #planningappeal process, #DHAPlanning were able to successfully demonstrate that the schemes would represent #appropriatedevelopment in the #GreenBelt, were of a high-quality design and would ultimately be in accordance with the #DevelopmentPlan. In addition to leading the #planningstrategy, DHA also provided detailed financial #viabilityassessments and #transportstatements that were needed to underpin the applications. Our thanks go to the consultant team, including Daisy Noble of Counsel, PJC Consultancy Ltd , PWP Architects, Invicta Arboriculture and HD Marketing UK. For further information, please contact DHA's David Bedford (Planning), Danielle Lawrence (Viability) or Paul Lulham (Highways). #dhaplanning #dhatransport #viability #planningappeal #planningpermission #greenbelt #appropriatedevelopment #sustainabledevelopment #architecture #highqualitydesign #newhomes

On behalf of our client Tarn Homes, DHA Planning Group are delighted to have secured approval at Wealden District Council’s Planning Committee South for “Phase 0” of the #MorningsMillFarm strategic site, which will ultimately deliver 700 homes, 8,600sq.m of employment floorspace, a medical centre, school, playing pitches and pavilion. This initial phase comprises the Spine Road and associated infrastructure and will allow the development, and open space parcels, to come forward through subsequent #ReservedMatters applications. We are delighted to have achieved this significant milestone for the project, two years on from the #PublicInquiry into the outline application. We look forward to helping Tarn Homes to deliver this important mixed-use strategic site for #Wealden. The project team includes DHA on Planning and Transport, Roberts Limbrick as Architects and Landscape Architects, and Adept Civil Group who are dealing with drainage and engineering matters. For more information, please feel free to contact DHA's Mark Bewsey. #dhaplanning #Morningsmillfarm #planningpermission #infrastructure #significantmilestone #teamwork

This week we #celebrated seven significant colleague #milestones at DHA Planning Group with Matthew Blythin, Laura Jackson and Eric Przyjemski celebrating their 20 year #anniversary and Danielle Lawrence, Rebecca Hornsby, Paul Lulham and Emily Hadden reaching 10 years with DHA. All have and continue to make a #significant #contribution to DHA and our clients! All were presented with long service awards from our Chairman David Hicken, following one of our regular business update presentations from our Managing Director Alex Hicken. #planning #townplanning #celebration #longservice #business

🎉 We are delighted to announce the following have joined DHA Planning Group! 🎉 Hannah Young joining as an Associate Director. And the following who join DHA Planning Group as Graduate Planners... Alicia Blythe who joins, having finished her degree at Reading. Jessica Collins who joins us, having just finished her MSc in Planning. Amy Negus, who joins us as after completing her Geography degree last year. And Sammie Lai who joins after completing her MSc at University College London. We wish them all the best at DHA! #planning #newstarters #graduates #graduateprogramme

*GRAVESHAM CALL FOR EMPLOYMENT SITES*   Gravesham Borough Council yesterday launched a #CallforEmploymentSites to accommodate business and employment uses within the Borough. This will underpin their key #CorporatePlan commitments to create a vibrant and energised #economy, revitalised town and #sustainabledevelopment.   The Council are appealing to the #developmentcommunity, #landowners, #investors and #businesses for suggestions for repurposing existing sites or buildings, with the aim of supporting #localemploymentopportunities.   The deadline for responses is the end of October 2024.   If you have a site that you think might be of interest to the Council, or you would like help submitting a representation, please let DHA Planning Group's Matt Porter know.

DHA Planning Group are pleased to announce that Matthew Blythin will be speaking at this year's Education Estates® Exhibition | Conference | Awards - the UK’s largest learning environments event on 16th October. Matthew will be joining Department for Education's Mike Lea and HLM Architects's Catherine Ward to explore the role of design review as part of the planning process for education projects and how it can be most effectively applied. Please pop along to see Matthew in action between 11.30 a.m. and 12.15 p.m. on the Design, Construction & Delivery Stage. #dhaplanning #planning #education #schooldesign #educationestates

Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning for our second ‘South East Construction Breakfast’, co-hosted and sponsored by DHA Planning Group, HNW Architects, MacConvilles and Morgan Sindall Construction at the #AmexStadium! This informal breakfast #networking event is aimed at #professionals within all sectors of the #construction industry across #southeast England, and it was great to see so many new and familiar faces. Our main topic of discussion today was a look at the new Government's proposed reforms to the planning system, with a presentation and lively Q&A session led by Jonathan Buckwell, who heads up DHA's Gatwick office. If you would like to know more about the event, or would be interesting in joining us next time, please get in touch. #SouthEastConstructionBreakfast

DHA Planning Group is sponsoring the next Women in Planning Kent exciting event on #goal setting and #vision. 📅 Tuesday 10th September 2024 🕘 Arrive from 08:30 for a 09:00 start 📍 DHA Planning, Eclipse Park, Maidstone ME14 3EN Book your free ticket here: https://lnkd.in/ehiaMb5b