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Extension To The Life Of Planning Permissions Confirmed Planners' Maths: Making 3 Go Into 5!

After a flurry of well publicised Government activity over the summer months (Community Infrastructure Levy consultation, Eco Town ‘winners’, Regional Strategy proposals etc), moves to introduce two small but significant changes to the day to day operation of the Development Control system in England (only) have been very quietly introduced.

On the 8th September 2009 Statutory Instruments 2009/2261 &2262 were laid before Parliament. They will come into force on 1st October 2009, and propose;

1) A new provision to make an application for a non-material change to an existing planning permission. This amendment provides for the fast-track determination of minor modifications to existing approved schemes. Local planning authorities will be required to provide their decision within 28 days. Prior to this the only way to formally gain approval for a minor modification was to make a wholly fresh planning application, with a full fee and full supporting documentation.

2) Changes are brought into force which will allow both outline and full applications to be made in respect of planning permissions granted on or prior to 1st October 2009 and which typically had a 3 year implementation period, to be extended to a longer implementation period (presumably 5 years will be the norm). There will be no requirement to submit a Design &Access Statement, or for plans and drawings to be provided. This should allow a fast-track determination of applications to extend the life of a planning permission, although we would advise that the status of some S106 agreements may need to be reviewed. Similar changes are brought into force relating to Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas.

If you require further information please contact Keith Fenwick 0121 410 2703 or any of the Directors in Alliance’s national office network.

SI 2009 No 2261.pdf

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Alliance appears at Chinese public participation conference

Mark Walton has recently returned from a conference in Beijing where he had been invited to present a paper setting out examples of public participation events undertaken by Alliance Planning together with a paper on the role of Planning Aid in the UK Planning System.

The conference entitled 'EU-China Public Participation Systems and Practice' was organised by the China University of Politics and Law and the European Commission and was attended by academics, Governments officials, planners and practicioners working in the Chinese Planning System. The presentations were well received by the conference and instigated a number of interesting questions on the comparisons between the UK and Chinese system.

A delegation of chinese academics involved in this project are visiting the UK in mid-September and are hoping to visit Alliance's offices in Birmingham.

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Green energy in the Green Belt gets the green light

The GOWM confirmed today that the SOS does not wish to 'call in' a 2.5MW green energy generation facility in the West Midlands Green Belt at Cocksparrow Lane, Cannock. The planning application for H.E.Humphries Ltd, prepared by Alliance Planning who also acted as agents, includes the construction of a joint anaerobic digestion and biomass facility housed within a purpose built 2,300 sq.m. building.

The proposal, that will create 12 jobs and generate energy from 40,000 tpa of food and green waste, was approved in principle by Staffordshire County Council on the 6th August subject to the consideration by GOWM.

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