DHA Planning Group

⭐ DHA Planning Group Reminder - Planning Application Fee Changes ⭐ Changes to planning application fees take effect from 1 APRIL 2025. These changes stem from the #NPPF consultation held last year, which proposed updates to application fees. The Planning Portal have published a 'forthcoming' version of their fee schedule and have confirmed the following: * If an application is in ‘draft’ status - The Portal will reset any draft fee calculations to ensure that applications are submitted with the correct fees; * If an application is in ‘payment pending’ status - If an application is already complete and has begun the ‘pay and submit’ process, then payment will need to be received and cleared by the Portal before 17:00 on 31 March 2025. Otherwise, the payment process will be cancelled, the fee calculation reset, and the application returned to ‘draft’ status. * If an application is in ‘submitted’ or ‘received’ status - If they have not done so already, the relevant LPA will review the application once it is in their system, and then confirm if any additional fee is due as part of their validation checks. If you have any queries regarding the application fee increases, please get in touch with us. #dha #planningapplications #planningapplicationfees #nppf #planningportal

We are delighted to announce that Wealden District Council’s Planning Committee South unanimously voted with officer’s recommendation to approve the Reserved Matters application for 700 #newhomes at Mornings Mill Farm, in Willingdon this week. DHA’s Planning, Transport and Land teams led on the application on behalf of our client Tarn Homes, alongside the architects Roberts Limbrick and engineers Adept Consulting Engineers Ltd, to develop a scheme which meets the client’s requirements and satisfies the Council’s expectations for the delivery of a quality, placemaking-led new community. The original outline application was controversial and was ultimately secured at appeal by DHA following two Public Inquiries. The task of taking forward the reserved matters, though the principle of development had been established, was always going to be a challenging one. As such, Tarn committed to a series of regular and frequent pre-application meetings and engagement with a very wide range of stakeholders. The reserved matters application was submitted in November and secured within 4 months. This positive outcome would not have been possible without the tenacity and hard work of the planning officers. They challenged the team and the applicant throughout the process, but co-operation on both sides has led the scheme to evolve into a very high-quality one securing unanimous approval at planning committee. Congratulations to everyone involved. For more information or enquiries, please contact Mark Bewsey (Planning) Mark Presland (Land) #planning #townplanning #planningpermission #homes #development #newhomes #newhomesales #transportplanning #highways

DHA Planning Group is delighted with its success at Ashford Borough Council's #PlanningCommittee, securing a resolution to grant #planningpermission for 20 new homes in #Wittersham. The site, identified by #DHALand's Team, working alongside our land owner client, carefully selected a development partner to help bring forward this sensitive development. Through a close working relationship with both Officers from the Council and #WittershamParishCouncil, the project team developed a sensitively designed landscape-led scheme in the #NationalLandscape for 8 #affordabledwellings, 10 private houses, including 4 downsizer units and 2 self-build plots. The project will provide much need new homes for the local community of Wittersham, and DHA is extremely proud to have played a pivotal role in the planning process for this scheme. DHA would like to thank the wider project team for their ongoing support, including: Taylor Roberts (Architecture) Hill-Wood & Co (Kent) Ltd (Landscape and Visual) #DHATransport (Transport and Drainage) #CorylusEcology (Ecology) David Sephton (Invicta Arboriculture) For more information about this project, or to explore how #DHAPlanning can help you deliver housing to meet local needs, please contact DHA Planning’s Emma Hawkes or Danielle Lawrence, DHA Transport’s Paul Lulham or Luke C., #DHAInfrastructure Chris Smoker or James Marsh or #DHALand's Mark Presland or Sam Boland.

Following DHA Planning Group’s #GreenBelt hat trick last week, another Green Belt #Appeal has been allowed by the Planning Inspectorate and permission granted for the demolition of an existing dwelling and detached outbuildings and the erection of a replacement two storey home at #Weald, #Sevenoaks. Whilst it was agreed that the new home will be more visible than the existing building, the #PlanningInspector found that with the siting of the new home on the footprint of the existing dwelling, the proposal would not materially harm the #openness of the Green Belt.  Interestingly the Inspector also said that in terms of #visualimpact on the landscape, whilst the new house will be glimpsed from public vantage points, ‘visibility is not analogous to harm’.  He therefore concluded that the proposal would conserve landscape and scenic beauty of the #NationalLandscape. #DHA’s David Bedford is our Green Belt expert, who dealt with this appeal and the decisions last week, so if you have any specific queries or need assistance with a green belt application or appeal, please get in touch. Thanks goes to the help of the wider planning team, including: Koto Design Eco Assistance Ecologists Limited PJC Consultancy Ltd Fellgrove | Ecology & Arboricultural Consultancy And don’t forget, we are looking to expand our team of specialist Green Belt Planners.  So if you would like an initial discussion please get in touch with our Operations Director Harriet Baker for more details or visit our website https://lnkd.in/e8uRNBTP * Before and After Images courtesy of #KOTO

DHA Planning Group is pleased to have secured #planningpermission and #ScheduledMonumentConsent for the construction of a new country house, two 'gatekeeper' cottages, historic landscape restoration and the repair and restoration of the upstanding remains of the former Leeds Abbey (Kent), including the Dovecote and Slype. #AbbeyFarm (Lower Street, Leeds) is a historical site of national significance, formerly a #medievalabbey, then a grand baroque mansion house, followed by a period of agricultural occupancy before it was abandoned. The site has since fallen into disrepair and is listed in the ‘critical need’ category on Historic England’s 'Heritage at Risk Register'. Following an investigative approach over several years, and working closely with #HistoricEngland, a sensitive and evidence-based scheme for the site was developed. The development will provide a new residence for our client, who will become custodian of the #ScheduledMonument, which includes restoration works to the last upstanding elements of the Monument (Slype and Dovecote) and restoration of the historic landscape setting including #LancelotCapabilityBrown elements. #DHA would like to thank the project team for all their help with this exciting project, including: Ben Pentreath Ltd, #KimWilkie (Landscape), Nick Worlledge, Alistair Robertson (RPS) and Clague Architects. If you would like to find out more about the proposed works at Abbey Farm, please get in touch with #DHA's Tim Spicer. *CGI of Main House by Ben Pentreath + Photos of The Dovecote, 1911 and The Slype, 1956

DHA Planning Group would like to thank Gemma Good BSc (Hons) MRICS and Harry Rippon from Jackson Rowe for taking the time to visit DHA today and do a #CPD presentation on 'Employment and Skills Plans', which was really useful and insightful. #JacksonRowe are a firm of Chartered Surveyors and Expert Witnesses with offices in London, Crowborough and Southampton - and work with a range of housebuilders and developers across England providing specialised services at all stages of projects and commissions, from contract formation, throughout the life cycle of a project, to completion. If you have a query regarding Employment and Skills Plans, or need assistance preparing one, please get in touch with Gemma or Harry. #DHA #jacksonrowe #cpd #employmentandskills #planningknowledge

DHA Planning Group would like to welcome Lizzie Withall who joins #DHA having had over 8 years experience providing planning advice to both private and public sector clients for a wide range of schemes. Lizzie will be joining DHA's Gatwick office alongside the other members of the planning and transport teams. We wish Lizzie all the best of luck at DHA. #DHA #DHAPlanning #DHATransport #newstarter #bestofluck #excitingtimes

DHA Planning Group are delighted to announce that they have successfully secured #OutlinePlanningPermission for a new drive thru and restaurant together with 5,600sqm of Class B2, B8 and Class E(g) floorspace on land adjacent to Sheppey Way in Sheerness. Working closely with Officers at Swale Borough Council, the project team were able to provide a sensitively designed, landscape-led scheme, which will contribute towards much needed employment space in the Borough. #DHA would like to thank the wider project team for their ongoing support, including: gdm architects; #DHATransport Lloydbore (Landscape and Visual); #CorylusEcology Considine (Drainage) Marrons (Economic Benefits) Acoustic Principles Limited For more information, please contact DHA Planning's Danielle Lawrence, Alice Day or Matthew Woodhead or #DHATransport's Paul Lulham or Adam Huckstepp. #planning #outlineplanningpermission #commercial #development #economicdevelopment *Images courtesy of #GDM

📣 CALL FOR SITES 📣 Eastbourne Borough Council is undertaking a “Call for Sites” to help identify land that could deliver a variety of development and community needs, to help prepare its new #LocalPlan.   Landowners, developers, and communities are invited to come forward with sites that could be considered for allocation for development in the Plan. The #CallforSites consultation will run for 6 weeks, closing at 5pm on Friday 25th April.   If you have land in the Borough that might be suitable for submission, please contact DHA Planning Group’s Jonathan Buckwell or Mark Bewsey. #DHA #callforsites #LocalPlan #futuredevelopment #potentialsites

DHA Planning Group would like to thank G4C Kent for another amazing evening last night, celebrating the University of Kent’s historic flagship project at #ChathamDockyards. A big thank you as well to the #UniversityofKent and Baxall Construction for the presentation and providing such an informative evening about #Medway’s very own #DockingStation project. The exciting project seeks to provide a new facility for Medway and the creative industries in the Southeast, whilst restoring a historic building at the #HistoricDockyard, #Chatham. We can’t wait for the next #G4C Event! In the meantime, if you have any queries about the event or G4C, please feel free to contact #DHA's Alice Day. #generation4change #construction #historic #networking *Image credit of University of Kent