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NJL is delighted to confirm Hollie Barton will be representing the company by speaking at this year’s RTPI Planning Convention in London on 21^st June 2018. 

This year’s conference is on the theme of ‘resilient planning for our future’.  Based on her significant experience and interest in the retail and leisure markets and related projects (including in-centre and out of centre locations, diversification and refurbishment of shopping parades, and enhancing the commerciality of clients’ assets), Hollie will be delivering a presentation specifically on the relationships between technology and retail planning. 

On behalf of Quorum Development Management and Seddon Homes, NJL Consulting have submitted a detailed planning application at land off Delta Crescent, Warrington. The proposal seeks to develop a total of 79 residential dwellings across the 3.07 ha site which will form a natural extension to existing development in the Westbrook area.

On behalf of Possfund Custodian Trustee Limited, NJL Consulting is delighted to confirm the submission of an application to vary the approved retail park scheme at Bridgwater Retail Park in Somerset.  The latest applications to bring forward the delivery of a c.150,000sq.ft expansion of the site.

NJL Consulting have recently achieved approval of a major Reserved Matters application for client UK Land and Property which will allow the creation of a 1M sq.ft Distribution Hub within Bedfordshire’s Northern Expansion Area (NEA).

Submitted in Winter 2017, NJL have worked collaboratively with technical co-consultants and UKLP to ensure the successful progression of the application. Alongside addressing the reserved matters, the application also sought to discharge 11 conditions in order to ensure the unobstructed realisation of the proposals.

March 2018 marked the Government’s launch of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Draft Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) consultation. This follows on from the Housing White Paper and Planning for The Right Homes in the Right Place Consultation; both of which provided initial proposals to amend the existing policy following a consecutive 6 years of no changes in the NPFF.

The documents were published alongside statements by Theresa May and Sajid Javed focussing on the need for housing delivery. With housing firmly at the forefront of the government’s agenda, we explore the key policy changes that will affect residential development.   Access to the published documents is available here. 

Something which is not going to help those ‘January Blues’ is the confirmation just before Christmas that planning application fees are due increase by 20% on 17^th January. This fee increase was made into law on 20^th December 2017 and will come into force in less than 2 weeks.

The fee increase applies to all planning applications, and any applications which are not validated by the 17^th January will also be subject to the fee increase.