Blog LOCAL PLAN WATCH: SOMERSET CONSULTATION OPEN FOR COMMENTS Somerset Council has fired the starting pistol on its new Local Plan with the opening…James TourgoutJuly 14, 2026
Blog LOCAL PLAN WATCH: WILTSHIRE CALL FOR SITES Wiltshire Council is set to issue a Call for Sites as part of its new…James TourgoutJuly 3, 2026
Blog KPPC INVOLVEMENT FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY – REGENERATION OF LYMINGTON BUILDERS MERCHANTS APPROVED KPPC has secured full planning permission for the regeneration of an important brownfield site with…James TourgoutJune 26, 2026
Blog REGENERATION SCHEME WINS BACKING KPPC has gained planning permission for 20 new apartments on a redevelopment site in Bournemouth…James TourgoutJune 26, 2026
Blog DORSET AMONG THREE PILOTS FOR AI PLANNING TOOL New AI planning tools have been unveiled by the government to ‘modernise England’s planning system’.…James TourgoutJune 18, 2026
Blog National scheme of delegation pushed back to 31 October The government has delayed the start of its national scheme of delegation by a month.…James TourgoutJune 11, 2026
Blog LOCAL PLAN WATCH: ‘POINTLESS AND UNJUSTIFIABLE’ FOR EHDC TO CONTINUE East Hampshire District Council (EHDC) has put the brakes on submission of its new Local…James TourgoutJune 9, 2026
Blog LOCAL PLAN WATCH: GREEN LIGHT FOR BCP The starting gun has fired on the important next stage of the Bournemouth, Christchurch and…James TourgoutJune 2, 2026
Blog KPPC WELCOMES NATIONAL SCHEME OF DELEGATION UPDATE – ‘PUTTING POWER BACK IN PLANNING OFFICERS HANDS’ Planning minister Matthew Pennycook has confirmed that reforms are set to go ahead to place…James TourgoutMay 20, 2026
Blog THE KING’S SPEECH – WHAT IT MEANS FOR PLANNING A Clean Water Bill has been included in the government’s legislative agenda set out in…James TourgoutMay 15, 2026