tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post7604661505362495044..comments2022-12-13T14:45:12.233+00:00Comments on Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: The planning system – the need for a real overhaulMartin H Goodallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-27951633478260489462014-11-06T13:06:16.284+00:002014-11-06T13:06:16.284+00:00Ann Dunton has identified one of the many anomalie...Ann Dunton has identified one of the many anomalies and ambiguities in the GPDO. Confusion reigns, and I am afraid it will continue to do so until someone in DCLG grasps this nettle and re-writes this subordinate legislation in terms which actually make sense.Martin H Goodallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-40849183150993121012014-11-06T00:31:31.457+00:002014-11-06T00:31:31.457+00:00Agreed that the Planning System needs a complete o...Agreed that the Planning System needs a complete overhaul. I'm rushing from the general to the particular, however I'm very confused over the different wordings provided by the DCLG, the Planning Portal and the 1995 GPDO under Class B -roof extensions. For B1(b) the various wordings are- <br />1) '...any roof slope which fronts any highway'<br />2)'...beyond ...the slope of the principal elevation and fronts a highway' A principal elevation is explained as understood to be the front of the house. There will only be one principal elevation on a house. Where there are two elevations which may have the character of a principal elevation (for example on a corner plot) a view will need to be taken as to which forms the principal elevation. <br />Therefore if there is a front and a side elevation each fronting a highway but only one elevation is a principal one, then only one of the conditions for refusal of PD rights is met. The wording seems to suggest that both the principal elevation rule and the fronting of a highway rule must both be met for PD rights to be not permitted. Please help!<br />With kind regardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-89854553399106147102014-08-29T09:25:16.796+01:002014-08-29T09:25:16.796+01:00Not all developers are the same, there are some go...Not all developers are the same, there are some good and some bad. Not all planning authority planners are the same, likewise some good some bad. Can we get past the bickering please, and address the real problem that none of us can be sure of what we are doing because the system keeps changing all the timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-11654563582473589232014-08-24T17:37:39.023+01:002014-08-24T17:37:39.023+01:00LPA planners want development that conforms to pol...LPA planners want development that conforms to policy. For good or bad, I don't believe quality comes into it.passerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133499748098929618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-52485758517313675962014-08-22T13:35:40.578+01:002014-08-22T13:35:40.578+01:00my word, a blog post I can actually agree with!
I ...my word, a blog post I can actually agree with!<br />I think planning needs a massive make over, I think the idea of national important trumping local objections needs to be made central, and the idea that planning operates in the public interest which is not the same as being response to those that shout loudest. <br />I also think governments need to stay out of planning as much as possible. This coalition has messed around with planning more than most and its just stagnated the sytem. Sure they may have had good intentions, and it all sounds nice on paper, but speaking from an LPA perpective, its bogged down the system and stopped us dealing with matters in a timely manner.<br />Contrary to the impression this blog's author usually gives, LPA planners dont want to stand in the way of development, but we do want high quality development (something developers seam to go out of their way to avoid providing...) and we want to get things delivered asap. I personally feel increasingly frustrated in my ability to do that mainly as a result of constant tinkering with the planning system by politicians who dont really know what they are doing and the unintended consequences (usually easily predictable ones) that results from this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-18887511094181793872014-08-22T09:48:03.395+01:002014-08-22T09:48:03.395+01:00Martin you are of course right. Political meddlin...Martin you are of course right. Political meddling is undermining the planning system. The way things are going the barnacles will consume the boat - which may of course be the plan, assuming there is a plan! A comprehensive review is needed but it’s hard to believe the politicians will make the difficult decisions necessary. Even if the system is refreshed the meddling will no doubt begin again. In much the same way as the government has given the Bank of England control of interest rates, control of the planning system needs to be given to a body that is guided by government in terms of the overall goals of planning but autonomous from government in respect of achieving those goals. <br /><br />regards<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com