Property
Savills strengthens its rural team
Savills Peterborough has made a number of appointments – fur- ther strengthening the firm’s of- fering to rural clients. Gareth Watts has joined Sav- ills as a rural planner from Park- er Planning in Norwich. A recent- ly chartered town planner, he has spent just over two years working across Norfolk and Suffolk gain- ing experience in planning appli- cations and appeals. Mr Watts has worked across a number of sectors including res- idential, agriculture, tourism, renewables and mixed use. He graduated from Cardiff Univer- sity in 2015 with a BSc (Hons) and MSc in RTPI accredited plan- ning courses.
Meanwhile, Antony Oliphant has relocated from Savills Not- tingham office to Peterborough. He will continue to service exist- ing clients in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with the support of newly qualified Henry King. Mr Oliphant has run an estab- lished and successful rural pro- fessional business for the last 16 years in Nottingham, with na- tionally recognised expertise in intensive livestock. Mr Oliphant said: “We have
a very clear aim to continue to grow our rural professional offer- ing whilst expanding the services we can offer from Peterborough. We now provide clients with rural planning, professional and build-
Teamwork: (l-r) Lucinda White, Antony Oliphant, Gareth Watts, Henry King and Lynette Swinburne of Savills REP team in Peterborough.
ing consultancy services.” Strengthening the core es- tate management business, Lu- cinda White joins Ian Wilkinson in the management team as a ru-
ral graduate. Lucinda will assist Ian on work for a large manage- ment client, having spent a suc- cessful year at the Sandringham Estate.
PLANNING APPEAL REVIEW 2017 Acorus has handled some interesting cases during 2017, some of which are detailed below…
Fall-back Position – South Kesteven District Council This case rested on to what extent permitted development (in this case Class Q) could be used to provide a fall-back argument for a dwelling conversion which might otherwise have failed under local policy which only supported conversion of heritage assets.
The Inspector accepted that the scheme was to a large extent indistinguishable for the permitted Class Q albeit it included a link structure between two buildings and a large curtilage.
He gave significant weight to the fall-back position and also to the requirements in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for Local Planning Authorities to look for solutions rather than problems.
Equestrian – London Borough of Bromley
This was a complicated appeal that involved both enforcement and application issues. A key part of the case involved removal of restrictive conditions on an equestrian property. The condition prevented business uses which were occurring on site. The site was in the Green Belt which had significant policy implications.
The Inspector accepted arguments related to three strands of sustainable development, ‘environmental’, ‘social’ and ‘economic’ due to the position the business provided in terms of a local service, training and employment, giving these significant weight.
The case had other issues including Intentional Unauthorised Development of a residential flat which will be dealt with in a future article.
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