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Appeal Decision for 53 Chamberlain Road – 19th January 2016

I attach an Appeal Decision just forwarded by Mathew (Cllr Claisse) which is interesting in a number of ways: and I commend you all to read it.  My own observations are as follows… ·         This was a Permitted Development application which as you will know, needs to be challenged by a neighbour if it is not to go through automatically, hence this Appeal. ·         The primary reasons for...
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New Permitted Development Order – now published, April 2015

Eric Pickles has now published a new Town & Country Planning Act covering all permitted development with the conditions pertaining to each development whether extra building or a change of sue.  It’s all there in a long document, and should be useful for reference whenever a problem of permitted development arises. The hyperlink is here:...
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New Permitted Development Order – come into effect April 2015

A new General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) comes into effect next week, 15 April 2015.  The UCO (Use Classes Order, 1987) provides classes of land usage, and normally, change of use between these classes is not permitted.  But the GPDO provides exceptions. The original GPDO came into effect in 1995.  The new GPDO, Statutory Instrument 2015 No 596, replaces this on 15 April 2015.  In some...
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Highfield House Hotel – March 2015

The Highfield Residents Association and many local residents have welcomed the news that plans to convert the Highfield House Hotel into student accommodation have been withdrawn. The hotel will now be refurbished.
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B&Q, Portswood Road – March 2015

Following the landowners’ refusal to renew B&Q’s Portswood Road lease, the landowners have now submitted a planning application to the Council for 528 student units. Report of HMO Scrutiny Panel
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HRA Committee Meeting: 7.30 pm, Monday 12 September 2016

Highfield Residents Association Committee Meeting – ALL WELCOME! To be held on Monday 12th September, 2016 Highfield House Hotel, 7.30 pm Agenda Welcome, apologies and declarations of interest. Minutes of last meeting (previously circulated and taken as read). Matters arising. University Liaison. We expect the issue of Salisbury Road public right of way to be raised. The Common. Progress...
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Chair’s Blog of the HRA Committee Meeting of Monday 13th June 2016

Chair’s Blog of the HRA Committee Meeting of Monday 13th June 2016 The main issues discussed at the HRA Committee on 13th June were as follows: The Committee welcomed Sarah Watts (Senior Public Affairs Officer, University of Southampton) and Hayley Morrison (Hampshire Constabulary). The minutes of the meeting on 9th May were approved. There are still tickets for the Paella Evening on 1st...
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