You've no right to a house near your parents: National Trust chief warning to children of rural families | Mail Online:
Dear Mr Jenkins
Please rent your holiday home out to a local family.
Diolch yn fawr
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Action urged after record low in Q4 home completions - Business News - Business - WalesOnline
Action urged after record low in Q4 home completions - Business News - Business - WalesOnline:
Several times a month a Welsh person calls me to ask if I can remove a local occupancy restriction on a house they want to buy because the lender has said they don't consider these dwellings, in 90% of cases I can do so but increasingly the Welsh Government has allowed LPAs to impose even more onerous restrictions that the Planning Inspectorate have declared compatible with the Local Development Plan and which supported by Planning Policy Wales. Decision letters written weeks apart contain conflicting opinions from the same inspector, no declaration that it is lawful because the inspector isn't a lawyer!
Over the years I have taken a great interest in occupancy restrictions because in my opinion they are not enforceable in court and one LPA obtained a legal opinion that confirmed this, much to their surprise.
Over the last few months I have asked the Financial Services Authority whether lenders fully understood the complexity of Section 106 agreements which attempt to restrict occupancy, tenure and price. One lender's valuer said the banking group wasn't interested in the problems purchasers faced as long as the bank could sell on the open market following repossession, I passed this on to the FSA and I believe that lender has now pulled out of the market.
There are two cases before the EU courts which conflict with the Treaty of Rome, one in Ireland and one in Belgium, in the Irish case the planners appear to have side-stepped the issue by saying they now comply, I don't belie they do and nor do the EU who have been watching this since 2007. The Belgian case is very interesting because an opinion presented to the court shows the decree is not compatible with EU law in a number of ways, it also raises the question of whether the procurement rules have been breached because of the contract entered into by the public body and what is seen to be the private supplier of the dwelling, or something like that.
My point is that the housing market is in part being stifled by the political desire to have a proportion of 'affordable homes' on a site (OR EVEN 100%!) and this is achieved by use of a Section 106 agreement but the agreement also attempts to restrict occupancy to locals who can't raise the finance because of the "Mortgage Risk" posed by the restricted resale conditions.
Something radical needs to be done or more people will be living in Granny's back bedroom, the situation would be even worse if so many of our youngsters didn't leave Wales to find work.
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Several times a month a Welsh person calls me to ask if I can remove a local occupancy restriction on a house they want to buy because the lender has said they don't consider these dwellings, in 90% of cases I can do so but increasingly the Welsh Government has allowed LPAs to impose even more onerous restrictions that the Planning Inspectorate have declared compatible with the Local Development Plan and which supported by Planning Policy Wales. Decision letters written weeks apart contain conflicting opinions from the same inspector, no declaration that it is lawful because the inspector isn't a lawyer!
Over the years I have taken a great interest in occupancy restrictions because in my opinion they are not enforceable in court and one LPA obtained a legal opinion that confirmed this, much to their surprise.
Over the last few months I have asked the Financial Services Authority whether lenders fully understood the complexity of Section 106 agreements which attempt to restrict occupancy, tenure and price. One lender's valuer said the banking group wasn't interested in the problems purchasers faced as long as the bank could sell on the open market following repossession, I passed this on to the FSA and I believe that lender has now pulled out of the market.
There are two cases before the EU courts which conflict with the Treaty of Rome, one in Ireland and one in Belgium, in the Irish case the planners appear to have side-stepped the issue by saying they now comply, I don't belie they do and nor do the EU who have been watching this since 2007. The Belgian case is very interesting because an opinion presented to the court shows the decree is not compatible with EU law in a number of ways, it also raises the question of whether the procurement rules have been breached because of the contract entered into by the public body and what is seen to be the private supplier of the dwelling, or something like that.
My point is that the housing market is in part being stifled by the political desire to have a proportion of 'affordable homes' on a site (OR EVEN 100%!) and this is achieved by use of a Section 106 agreement but the agreement also attempts to restrict occupancy to locals who can't raise the finance because of the "Mortgage Risk" posed by the restricted resale conditions.
Something radical needs to be done or more people will be living in Granny's back bedroom, the situation would be even worse if so many of our youngsters didn't leave Wales to find work.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
SURVEY SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL PARKS - Environmental technologies news magazine
SURVEY SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL PARKS - Environmental technologies news magazine:
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I wonder what the percentage is of 'Park' residents who would agree.
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I wonder what the percentage is of 'Park' residents who would agree.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Welsh speakers leaving rural Wales for towns and cities, census finds - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
Welsh speakers leaving rural Wales for towns and cities, census finds - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
Self-interest drives everything we humans do.
"What's in it for me".
If they gain something from it they take an interest, be it in order to secure a job or some other form of recognition or benefit.
No benefit = no interest.
The more the people are pushed the more they resist, the more you punish the worse the resistance becomes, in a democracy of course!
Unfortunately in this case it is a top down approach as is the case with most political or governmental initiatives, is it time for a bottom up approach?
There are thousands of languages facing extinction across the globe, I certainly don't believe Welsh is one of them because enough people want to use it. I have no idea where they get these latest figures from because I haven't seen a decline in the Welsh areas where I work, perhaps it is just the way data is collected and interpreted.
I saw the comment from Mr Farrar at Cymdeithas about large housing developments, as PSR said above the decline seems acute in areas where no development is allowed whereas in areas of Gwynedd where open market housing is coming forward the language appears to be thriving, so what is the answer?
Self-interest drives everything we humans do.
"What's in it for me".
If they gain something from it they take an interest, be it in order to secure a job or some other form of recognition or benefit.
No benefit = no interest.
The more the people are pushed the more they resist, the more you punish the worse the resistance becomes, in a democracy of course!
Unfortunately in this case it is a top down approach as is the case with most political or governmental initiatives, is it time for a bottom up approach?
There are thousands of languages facing extinction across the globe, I certainly don't believe Welsh is one of them because enough people want to use it. I have no idea where they get these latest figures from because I haven't seen a decline in the Welsh areas where I work, perhaps it is just the way data is collected and interpreted.
I saw the comment from Mr Farrar at Cymdeithas about large housing developments, as PSR said above the decline seems acute in areas where no development is allowed whereas in areas of Gwynedd where open market housing is coming forward the language appears to be thriving, so what is the answer?
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Changes for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Changes for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
I see listed building that have been allowed to disintegrate simply because the owner was aggrieved by the designation. I have seen a 50 year old barn with a corrugated roof listed. One example of unsound designation is a couple of fields as a Historic Park and Garden without any evidence on any maps in history, the 19th century in particular.
What happens if someone is prosecuted and the courts discover that the designation is flawed?
I see listed building that have been allowed to disintegrate simply because the owner was aggrieved by the designation. I have seen a 50 year old barn with a corrugated roof listed. One example of unsound designation is a couple of fields as a Historic Park and Garden without any evidence on any maps in history, the 19th century in particular.
What happens if someone is prosecuted and the courts discover that the designation is flawed?
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Peopel like Iwan Evans needLocals in Snowdonia still finding it impossible to buy a home - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
Locals in Snowdonia still finding it impossible to buy a home - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
The problem with housing is "policy on the hoof", no coherent planning stategy thanks to a myopic political elite.
The problem with housing is "policy on the hoof", no coherent planning stategy thanks to a myopic political elite.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Holiday lets may be a change of use
Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Holiday lets may be a change of use
Interesting. But, what class use applies in the case of a barn conversion to four holiday lets where the planning conditions allow 365 days use p.a. albeit with a 28 day limit per person or family group and a 'register' to record occupancy and compliance with said conditions?
This is one planning unit owned by one person or company and run on a commercial basis and as is the case in all such lets they qualify for business rates rather than council tax.
Interesting. But, what class use applies in the case of a barn conversion to four holiday lets where the planning conditions allow 365 days use p.a. albeit with a 28 day limit per person or family group and a 'register' to record occupancy and compliance with said conditions?
This is one planning unit owned by one person or company and run on a commercial basis and as is the case in all such lets they qualify for business rates rather than council tax.
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