5% Decline In Planning Decisions Made Since Last Year

District-level planning authorities granted 357,700 decisions in the year ending March 2019 – down 5 per cent on the year ending March 2018, according to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Of those 357,700 applications, 46,800 were for residential developments. This was a decline of 3 per cent compared with a year earlier. Of these, 6,300 were major developments and 40,500 were minor developments. These figures show a 2 per cent and 5 per cent decrease respectively on the year ending March 2018. Read more on the Planning Portal website.

https://www.planningportal.co.uk/news

High Street Takeaways To Be Converted Into Housing Without Planning Permission

High street takeaway restaurants will be allowed to be converted into residential properties without planning permission under new government regeneration plans. Jake Berry MP, the high streets minister, said he wants to make town centres “flexible to change” and hopes to remove delays to redevelopment often imposed by local councils. Berry’s plans would mean fast food premises would be in the same position as office buildings and warehouses, which can be turned into homes without council consent. Read more on the inews website.

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/high-street-takeaways-turned-into-housing-no-planning-permission/