Recent questionswithin Planning law
Retrospective planning applications: A neighbour erected a wind turbine. Planning conditions placed on the development prevent noise disturbance, and prevent con... read more
Jon Payne's response
To deal with these questions in turn, the powers of the EHO are different and separate to those of planning so yes, the planning application can... read more
Appeal for Lawful Development Certificate
Jon Payne's response
Sorry, you do not seem to have asked a question
The council have said I need planning permission to home board dogs at my house and they say they won't give it retrospectively due to the nature of the business ... read more
Jon Payne's response
Just because the business involves dogs does not mean that they cannot grant permission - I suspect that there are other issues, such as the pot... read more
When a public notice is displayed by the local authority for a major planning are they allowed to put the description then' Which does not accord with the provisi... read more
Jon Payne's response
If I understand the question correctly, the description if the proposed development description and normally comes from the application submitte... read more
When getting ghange of use is it on the whole site or just the building?
Jon Payne's response
Neither, really - it is the 'planning unit'. Sometimes this will indeed be a building but it could also be part of a building or an area of lan... read more
After a long battle Maidstone council took me to court for landscaping my garden, at the time i did not know i needed planning permission, the court handed me a c... read more
Jon Payne's response
If the landscaping is the same and you have not since got consent, then indeed they can.
Whether they will or not is of course another matte... read more