August Newsletter in Full (171k)

PLANNING

Olympic Bid Victory

July saw London's successful win of the Olympic Bid. The Capital will host the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games, with events being held at existing and new venues across the U.K. The main focus of development will be in East London, ostensibly within the Lower Lea Valley, focused around Stratford International Station. The regeneration benefits of the bid were the key to its success. New development is crucial not only to the success of the Games - it also facilitates the delivery of an Olympic Legacy to ensure buildings and sites can be actively used in the future.

We welcome the opportunity to utilise the skills of our Planning, Archaeological and Historic Building professionals in our involvement in Olympic related development.

For further information please contact Erica Mortimer or Joanne Upton

PPS10 : Planning for Sustainable Waste Management

The new PPS10 on waste management has been published replacing PPG10. The statement incorporates the role of the regional planning bodies in imposing an overall strategy for waste management looking forward for a fifteen to twenty year period.

There is surprisingly no reference to “Best Practice Environmental Options” , “regional self-sufficiency” or the “proximity principle” , which were key principles of the previous guidance, although similar principles do still apply in the new statement.

Particular emphasis is given to the need to deliver ‘sustainable development through driving waste management up the waste hierarchy, addressing waste as a resource and looking to disposal as the last option' . The statement also stresses the importance of data collection, maintenance and review.

for further information contact Valerie Scott

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Grange Farm, Kesgrave

CgMs have been successful in obtaining planning permission for a revised scheme for land being developed by David Wilson Homes at Grange Farm, Kesgrave.

The Council had previously advised David Wilson Homes that they required a mix of housing which indicated a high element of 2-bed houses. This was to meet the Council's housing needs requirements for this area as identified in their Housing Needs Survey.

CgMs noted that the Council had not included a reference to the mix of dwelling house types as part of the reserved matters condition of the original outline consent and considered that the Council's insistence on a certain type of mix was unlawful and outside the scope of the reserved matters condition. CgMs sought an Opinion from Leading Counsel on this legal point.

Mr Anthony Porten QC agreed with the legal argument raised by CgMs and a copy of his legal Opinion was submitted with the refused scheme.

Kesgrave District Council have now granted approval for the revised scheme which David Wilson Homes consider provides a more viable scheme providing the type of houses that their customers want.

For further information contact Valerie Scott