Did you know that Bristol City Council recently published The Bristol Local List ? Well they have and it was done in October 2015. This followed a public consultation process where people were asked to nominate buildings for inclusion, which were assessed by the Architecture Centre and a panel of experts. What’s The Local List? This is … Read More
Happy New Year from Planning Ventures HQ, we hope all our clients and colleagues are well rested and recharged, ready for whatever the New Year brings. As we relish the opportunities of 2016, we’ve also been reflecting on some of our highlights of 2015, the things that we’ve enjoyed and that have inspired us, the … Read More
Planning Ventures has secured full planning permission for the partial demolition and remodelling of St Brendan’s Warehouse, one of Nisbet PLCs three warehouses in Avonmouth. Prior to the submission of the planning application the design team went through a pre app process with Bristol City Council to determine the acceptability of the proposal, the design … Read More
Here at PV HQ I’ve been pondering on things that have caught my eye over the last month about the wacky and exciting world of planning, architecture and design. These cover a TV programme, a book, a city event and a blog, which hopefully covers all tastes and predilections. Take a look and tweet your … Read More
So having ranted about the latest PD rights for retail to residential conversions I promised that I would look at the latest changes to permitted development (PD) rights for the changes of use of agricultural buildings, which came into force in April 2014. The Government has essentially created two new sets of PD rights: Class … Read More