Planning Enforcement updates
We’ve been a bit quiet on enforcement matters to date, but you may not know we love a good enforcement case! Over the last year or so we’ve been working ‘both sides of...
RCA's response Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Reforms to National Planning Policy
We’ve responded to the National Planning Policy Framework consultation.
This representation is made by RCA Regeneration Ltd in respect of the “Levelling-up and...
Musings on the house price to earnings dataset 2022
Roisin Murphy once sang the somewhat confusing lyrics ‘Never ever enough, it's never enough, is it ever enough when it's just enough?’ back in the heady days of 2001/2...
Planning for the Future
The RCA team have had steam coming out of our ears going through the Government's new planning white paper.
Plans, Delays and Recoveries
So now we await a return to normality that may never really arrive. Cummings’ trip up north may have heralded a relaxation of the government’s lockdown and a move...
Making Hay While the Sun Shines
We now find ourselves experiencing a mix of weird dreams, unsettled nights, gorgeous weather, home working, home schooling, social distancing, fear for our loved ones...
Affordable Housing, Objector Objectivity
This month I have been motivated to muse about public feedback on affordable housing proposals: before we’ve submitted the application and after it's gone in.
As a...
How an Independent Planning Consultant Can Drive Your Application
Developers - is your planning submission and post application management process taking longer than you previously envisaged?Would you prefer your application to be...
Max Your Chances of Planning Appeal Success: The Specifics of Written Representations
If you have had a planning application rejected, you may want to consider resubmitting if there is a genuine possibility of making changes to meet the requirements of...
The Benefits of Public Consultation
As a developer you’ll want to have the best possible relationships with local authorities, landowners and local residents near to (and possibly even occupying) the site...
5 Key Steps to Getting Your Planning Application Passed
Achieving planning consent is not just about what your scheme looks like, it is about a lot more. The context within which your application is submitted is incredibly...