What is a Listed Building? The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for preparing a List of Buildings which are regarded as having special architectural and or historic interest. The Listing covers three grades of building. Grade 1- Buildings of exceptional interest Grade II*- Buildings of particular interest and more than… Continue reading Guidance Notes on Listed Buildings
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Guidance Notes on Highways
Many of us take for granted the Access which we have from our Property. But do we actually know what comprises the extent of the highway which we use everyday and who is responsible for its upkeep?
Tree Preservation Orders Guidance Update
GUIDANCE NOTES ON TREE PRESERVATION ORDERS What is a Tree Preservation Order? A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is an Order which provides protection for an individual tree or a group of trees. The Town & Country Planning (Tree Preservation) (England) Regulations 2012 govern all TPOs in England. The power to make such an Order lies with the Local Authority… Continue reading Tree Preservation Orders Guidance Update
Effects Of The National Planning Policy Framework
Summary on the Effect of the National Planning Policy Framework Issued on the 27th March 2012 for Sport Clubs Recreational Sport can, on first impressions of the redrafted National Planning Policy Framework, breath a sigh of relief that the extensive lobbying of Government has produced a retrenchment, with Planning Policy broadly to follow the existing Planning… Continue reading Effects Of The National Planning Policy Framework
The Localism Act
The Localism Act 2011 The Act runs to nearly 500 pages with much of the provisions requiring Secondary Legislation to take affect. The Key Provisions are
Planning Permission
REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION Planning Law is a framework through which PLANNING CONTROL over land use can be exercised.
Building Regulations Guidance
GUIDANCE NOTES ON BUILDING REGULATIONS Building Regulations are concerned with issues of safety and health of occupiers of buildings together with “green matters” which enhance the Environment. Their predecessor was the old Bye Laws. Governed by the Building Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”) and the 2010 Building Regulations which consolidates Regulations of 2000. The Regulations… Continue reading Building Regulations Guidance
Tree Preservation Orders Guidance
GUIDANCE NOTES ON TREE PRESERVATION ORDERS What is a Tree Preservation Order? A Tree Preservation Order is an Order which provides protection for an individual tree or a group of trees. The power to make such an Order lies with the Local Authority in whose area the tree(s) exist. The Local Authority’s purpose is to… Continue reading Tree Preservation Orders Guidance
Guidance Notes On Conservation Areas
What is a Conservation Area? It is an area designated by a Local Authority to be of special architectural and or historic interest. Unlike Listed Buildings, which applies to an individual building, this designation covers a particular defined area. It is governed by Sections 69 to 74 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas)… Continue reading Guidance Notes On Conservation Areas
LISTED BUILDINGS GUIDANCE
What is a Listed Building? The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for preparing a List of Buildings which are regarded as having special architectural and or historic interest. The Listing covers three grades of building. Grade 1- Buildings of exceptional interest Grade II*- Buildings of particular interest and more than just special… Continue reading LISTED BUILDINGS GUIDANCE