The head of planning at law firm Hill Dickinson presents on planning permission changes

1. Increasing housing supply –
planning reforms
Grant Anderson
Partner

2. Permission in Principle (PIP) and
Technical Details Consent (TDC)
PIP +TDC= full planning permission
PIP is not planning permission
PIP provides certainty on principle issues of:
• Land use
• Location
• Quantum of development

3. Permission in Principle
1. PIP granted automatically for:-
Land allocated for housing led development in a
qualifying document
• Development Plan
• Neighbourhood Plan
• Brownfield Register

4. Permission in Principle
2. PIP granted by way of an application
Intended for minor housing (less than 10 units)
No power to attach conditions
Right of appeal

5. Technical Details Consent
• TDC
– application for planning permission
– must relate to land for which PIP in force
– must be for development within the scope of the PIP
– must cover all technical matters:
• design statement
• impact statement
• LPA
– may approve subject to conditions
– must determine in accordance with PIP
• Right of appeal

6. Brownfield Registers
• Statutory duty on LPA to compile a register
• Subsequent regulations to provide the detail

7. Brownfield Registers
To include:
•previously developed land which is:-
•available already/in the near future for housing
•not affected by physical/environmental constraints which
cannot be mitigated
•can deliver 5+ dwellings

8. Brownfield Land
NPPF consultation
•presumption in favour of brownfield land for housing
•substantial weight to be attached to benefits of using
brownfield land for housing
•applications should be supported unless overriding
conflicts with LP/NPPF can be demonstrated and cannot
be mitigated

9. NSIPs
• Can include up to 500 houses:
– if a functional need; or
– in geographical proximity (within one mile)
Office to Residential PD
– To become permanent
– To be extended to include demolition and new
build

10. NPPF
• Higher density around commuter hubs
• Strengthened policy for new settlements/urban
extensions

11. Section 106 agreements
• New dispute resolution procedure
• cf appeal under s.78(2)
• NB report not binding