Carver Knowles News about Planning Consultancy
Today (6th August 2026), several important changes to England’s mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements come into force. The key changes impact smaller developments and those of a temporary nature. Developments with a red-line boundary of 0.2 hectares or less are now exempt from mandatory BNG requirements, provided they do not impact priority habitat. This […]
Posted on August 6th, 2026 by Alex Stafford-Clark
Over the past year we have had a great number of planning successes, in both agricultural planning applications and alternative enterprises. Agricultural Occupancy Conditions are planning conditions which restrict who can live at a property and can also significantly reduce the value of your property. At Carver Knowles we have great experience in regularising and […]
Posted on January 27th, 2025 by Alex Stafford-Clark
On the 30th April the government introduced an update to the existing Permitted Development (PD) Rights. This included changes to the Class Q and Class R development rights, as well as those for new agricultural buildings. These new changes will apply from the 21st May 2024. Key changes to Class Q- Agricultural to Residential: […]
Posted on May 24th, 2024 by Matilde Spyvee
Biodiversity Net Gain is a new concept introduced by the Environment Bill which will require all developers to deliver a 10% increase in biodiversity in respect of any new development. Our previous blog introduced the concept here. Since our previous blog Natural England has produced The Biodiversity Metric 3.0 to be able to score existing sites […]
Posted on October 18th, 2021 by Andrew Troughton
Carver Knowles are delighted to offer to the market 0.92 acres of land in the North Cotswold village of Ebrington with outline consent for 3 open market dwellings. The Outline consent (ref 18/00996/OUT) from Cotswold District Council approved a courtyard style layout of one 2 bed, one 3 bed and one 4 bed dwelling. The […]
Posted on July 10th, 2019 by Andrew Troughton
Director of Carver Knowles, Julie Newton, is delighted to confirm that outline planning consent has been granted by Cotswold District Council for a three dwelling site together with village car park in Ebrington near Chipping Campden. In planning terms this site was outside of the village development boundary and within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding […]
Posted on June 5th, 2019 by Andrew Troughton
Planning enforcement Planning enforcement is a procedure undertaken by Local Authorities where development has occurred without the correct planning permission. Once a notice of planning enforcement is served by the Local Authority the land owner has a limited amount of time to comply. Compliance can involve removing the structure or ceasing a use. Failure to […]
Posted on February 18th, 2019 by Andrew Troughton
When it comes to horses the question of whether planning consent is required or not can become confusing. Most people are unsure what their permitted development rights are and what they may or may not need planning for. Change of use Horses can be grazed on agricultural land as long as they are not being […]
Posted on January 28th, 2019 by Ellen Cottrell
Planning permission is typically not at the top of any horse owners list of priorities unless perhaps you are looking into building new facilities. Proposals to create permanent equine facilities where you are physically building on or altering the land will obviously always need planning permission, but the use of land for grazing horses and […]
Posted on December 19th, 2018 by Ellen Cottrell
Over the past few months we have had a great number of planning successes across Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. These cover a wide range of areas, including: Class Q permitted developments Agricultural Occupancy Condition removals New agricultural workers dwellings Barn conversions Stables Gallops New access tracks Caravan sites Retrospective change of use Class Q Earlier […]
Posted on December 14th, 2018 by Andrew Troughton