The case involved a bike training circuit that had been set up in someone’s garden. It included the creation of tracks, jumps, ramps and scaffolding towers. The local authority took enforcement action alleging a material change of use of the garden to a mixed use for residential use and mountain bike purposes and use for motorised sport. The landowner appealed against the enforcement notice.

In a recent decision issued by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) it was confirmed that a shepherd's hut and a glamping pod met the definition of ‘caravan’.

Housing Minister Rt Hon Christopher Pincher has announced that a new National Model Design Code (NMDC) is being tested to make sure new developments are well-designed, fit in with local character and are locally-led.

If you have received an enforcement notice, it is because your Local Planning Authority consider that you have carried out development on your land without planning permission.

The government consultation on proposals to broaden the categories of criminal trespass in England and Wales and to grant the police greater powers to disperse unauthorised encampments has just ended.

You may be considering letting your home or second property via Airbnb or another short-term letting platform to produce a second income.

Can you agree to an extension of time in a Class Q (agricultural buildings to dwellinghouse) prior approval application?

The planning process is a long and complicated one, which may not always produce the result the client desires. If a planning application isn’t filed correctly, or there are objections to the plan then it can be thwarted at the first hurdle. So, if your planning application has been refused, how can you challenge that decision, and what can you do to make the process easier?

When considering applications for development in the green belt, local planning authorities are meant to ensure that substantial weight is given when considering potential harm to the green belt.

Permitted development rights enable certain building works and changes of use to be carried out without needing to obtain planning permission from the local planning authority.

South Cambridgeshire District Council is seeking to overturn planning permission for residential development in the green belt issued in error. 

The case involved a landowner who had been served with an enforcement notice for erecting a building on land which he claimed to be residential curtilage.