Tetlow King Planning

Tetlow King Planning celebrates the influence of all of our amazing women in every aspect of our team and the work we do 🌟 Our colleagues Amy James, Leonie Stoate and Lisa L. will be in attendance at tomorrow’s Royal Town Planning Institute and Women in Planning International Women’s Day event in London which will consider how planning is, can, and should take account of gender dynamics as part of Women’s History Month. We recognise that building a diverse team can be one of the most powerful ways to create an inclusive, innovative, and successful work environment. #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

In this roundup of the latest planning news, the Planning Bulletin focuses on: -  Government Announces New Advice on “Grey Belt”; -  Government To Prioritise Projects Capable of Delivering Over 1,500 Homes In This Parliament For “Unblocking” Support; - How Balanced Section 106 Agreements Could Help Close the Affordable Housing Gap; - Five More Councils Lose Their Five-Year Land Supply Status After Change to Standard Method; -  Think Tank Study Blames Developers’ ‘Unproductive Land Speculation’ for Delayed Housing Delivery; and - TKP Successes. Please contact leonie.stoate@tetlow-king.co.uk if you would like to be added to the distribution list. #Planning #Housebuilding #NPPF #PPG

In this roundup of the latest planning news, the Planning Bulletin focuses on: - Tetlow King Planning Unveils New-Look Website; - Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government Publishes Revised National Planning Policy Framework; - New Draft Fees Order Published, Outlining An Increase In Planning Fees Set To Take Effect On 1 April 2025; - Record-Low Planning Permissions Highlight The Challenge For The Government To Boost Housing Supply; - Government Revises Guidance to Allow Intervention in Council Plan-Making Based on General Development Need; - Rayner Claims Proposed Changes to Planning Decisions Will Free Up Officer Resources; - Planning and Infrastructure Bill likely To Be Introduced ‘Around March’, Rayner tells MPs; and - TKP Successes. Please contact leonie.stoate@tetlow-king.co.uk if you would like to be added to the distribution list. #Planning #Housebuilding #NPPF

At Tetlow King Planning we're busy compiling our in-house CPD programme for 2025 and we're looking for consultants to join our roster of expert-led training sessions. Last year saw the successful launch of the programme, which saw diverse topics over 11 different sessions which included highways, biodiversity net gain, flood risk, and even a mock planning inquiry, to name just a handful.   If you're interested in delivering a 'lunch-and-learn' style presentation in 2025, we'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch via email at all@tetlow-king.co.uk we look forward to hearing from you.

At Tetlow King Planning we're busy compiling our in-house CPD programme for 2025 and we're looking for consultants to join our roster of expert-led training sessions. Last year saw the successful launch of the programme, which saw diverse topics over 11 different sessions which included highways, biodiversity net gain, flood risk, and even a mock planning inquiry, to name just a handful.   If you're interested in delivering a 'lunch-and-learn' style presentation in 2025, we'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch via email at all@tetlow-king.co.uk we look forward to hearing from you.

As we approach our 40th year, the Tetlow King website has had a facelift! You can still find us here at www.tetlow-king.co.uk Our site will continue to evolve with new features and updates appearing over the next few months, whilst our commitment to our clients will remain second to none.

Andrew Jones, Principal Planner, has secured permission on appeal for the erection of two self-build plots near Lower Halstow in Swale district in Kent. The scheme constitutes a further phase of the previously approved scheme for nine custom build homes on a former equestrian site, for which Andrew also helped secure approval of Reserved Matters.   The Inspector found that the benefits of the delivery of two plots for self-build, in the context of a 5-year housing land supply shortfall and a shortfall against the Council’s statutory duty to meet the needs of those on its self-build register, attracted sufficient weight to overcome the identified policy conflicts.   This successful appeal decision by Tetlow King Planning highlights the importance of Councils being proactive in meeting the needs of those on their self-build register and the seriousness with which Inspectors are now treating statutory duty failure in decision taking.   For prospective self-builders and developers, it further underlines the potential that exists on appropriate sites in authority’s where the Council cannot demonstrate that it is meeting its statutory duty with respect to the delivery of serviced plots for self-build and custom housebuilding. The benefits arising from proposals for self and custom build on sites which may be considered contrary to policy – for example by virtue of being outside an identified settlement boundary – and the weight ascribed to addressing such unmet housing needs in the planning balance can be sufficient to outweigh the harms alleged.   This represents yet another appeal decision where Tetlow King’s self and custom build expert evidence has assisted in demonstrating that the benefits arising from such housing can outweigh policy conflicts.   The proposed dwellings will offer two self-builders an opportunity to be part of a charming wider scheme set in attractive Kent countryside. Further information on the earlier phases of development on the wider site can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e3N6WXKj

In this roundup of the latest planning news, the Planning Bulletin focuses on: - 1.5 Million Homes Target This Parliament Will Be ‘More Difficult Than We Expected’, Says Pennycook; and - Future of Social Housing Protected Through Right to Buy Reforms; - Government Carefully Considering Whether Its “Golden Rules” For Releasing Land from The Green Belt Are Still Appropriate; - Latest Housing Data From MHCLG and ONS Published; - Government To Close Office For Place; and - TKP Successes. Please contact leonie.stoate@tetlow-king.co.uk if you would like to be added to the distribution list. #Planning #Housebuilding