Field notes from the sharp end of the system.
What’s changing in planning, what it means for your site, and how the difficult cases actually get through — written in plain English, updated when the rules move.
Appeals · ProcedureThe appeal is now argued on evidence you've already givenFor years the sensible-looking strategy was to apply lean, see which way the wind blew, and build the real case at appeal if it went wrong.Read the note →
Ecology · PolicyBiodiversity net gain just changed twice in a fortnightTwo changes landed a week apart.Read the note →
Local · PolicyBCP has no Local Plan. Here's what that actually changes.An authority working without an up-to-date Local Plan makes decisions differently.Read the note →
Appeals · MethodHow to read a refusalA decision notice is a short document that people read for thirty seconds and then react to for six months.Read the note →
Ecology · ProcessBats on site. What happens now.The survey came back positive and everything has stopped.Read the note →
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