Welcome to April’s issue of the Planning Portal Market Insight Report, where we report on the latest figures for applications submitted online via the Planning Portal.
There was a total of 48,094 applications submitted through the Planning Portal in April 2024. This is 2% higher than the total number of applications that were submitted in April 2023. showing a gradual decline, less severe than the trend in recent years.
Read more…Government’s latest broadening of permitted development rights on 21 May 2024 focused on agricultural buildings. This includes both the construction and extension of buildings for agricultural use, as well as changing from agriculture to dwellings or commercial use.
Details of the legislative updates are covered in a separate news story. This article focuses on the changes to the online application system that will account for them.
This article was updated on 3 July 2024 following the changes being made on the 27 June 2024
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As always, TerraQuest and Planning Portal want to make the complicated simple for all our stakeholders, removing any barriers which might prevent sustainable planning and building.
With this in mind, we’ve taken every aspect of sustainable planning – from the legislation to the funding, the key concepts to vital project advice – and condensed it into one simple, easy-to-navigate content hub – the Sustainability Hub.
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At Planning Portal, we are keen to do whatever we can to encourage sustainable development.
In April, research published by Campaign to Protect Rural England revealed considerable national opportunity for solar energy generation, particularly for rooftop mounted solar panels.
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Welcome to March’s issue of the Planning Portal Market Insight Report, where we report on the latest figures for planning applications submitted online via the Planning Portal.
There were a total of 67,103 applications submitted through the Planning Portal in March 2024. This is 11% higher than the total number of applications that were submitted in March 2023. This shows a good recovery for the first quarter of 2024.
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The new platform brings combined planning and building control application functionality to the built environment industries for the first time.
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Do you believe that your house, or the property that you live in, could benefit from any of the energy-saving improvements listed below?
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Our new Building Control Portal is coming on 29 April, complete with handy features to simplify building control for you and your colleagues…
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Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) regulations, which came into force in February of this year, mean that planning applicants must prove their proposals will enhance biodiversity, rather than merely mitigating any negative impacts associated with their projects.
As of 2 April, the exemption that had previously allowed ‘small site’ applications to bypass BNG requirements has been lifted.
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This week, small sites are no longer exempt from Biodiversity Net Gain regulations, Bridgend County Borough Council’s replacement development plan is approved until 2033 and RTPI say they support brownfield land development. Read on to find out more…
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