Latest News

A recent North Warwickshire appeal decision is a useful reminder of how strongly housing land supply is now influencing outcomes. The Inspector allowed up to  39 dwellings at Newton Regis  even though the scheme conflicted with the settlement hierarchy and was found to be disproportionate in scale for a small village. The reason was simple: the Council could only show  around 2.2 years of housing land supply , so the benefits of delivering housing, including  40% affordable h

Draft NPPF consultation: what it means for SME housing and strategic sites The Government is consulting on a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and related reforms aimed at improving delivery and certainty. For most landowners and SME developers, the immediate relevance is practical: the draft direction of travel is likely to shape how LPAs negotiate, how applications are evidenced, and what Inspectors expect to see at appeal. The parts most likely to affect li

Tyler-Parkes has won a planning appeal securing planning permission on land between 39 and 79 Earlswood Road, Dorridge. Acting as planning consultant, Tyler-Parkes managed the planning strategy, application process and appeal representation, resulting in the appeal being allowed and granting Permission in Principle (PiP) for between 1 and 5 self or custom-build plots/dwellings (decision dated 4 February 2026).The Inspector acknowledged harm to landscape and character and impa

Residents and businesses are being asked to comment on the issues and options that the Council’s emerging local plan should look to address. The Council is preparing a new Local Plan following major national planning reforms and the withdrawal of the previous draft plan. The Plan will guide where new homes, jobs and supporting infrastructure should be located across the borough up to 2043.  The consultation outlines options for locating new development and asks for views on h

We’re pleased to welcome  Lucy Wilson  to  Tyler Parkes . Lucy joins us as  Associate Planning Director , bringing experience from  HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd  and a strong track record supporting complex, large-scale infrastructure and stakeholder-led planning projects. Lucy will be working across our planning portfolio, helping clients navigate strategy, risk and delivery through the planning system.

The planning environment remains pro-development in intent, but delivery is increasingly shaped by three realities: (1) plan-making lag, (2) acute housing land supply shortfalls, and (3) a tougher expectation that schemes “earn” permission through design, infrastructure and nature outcomes. Two national developments are setting the direction of travel: the December 2024 National Planning Policy Framework (as corrected in February 2025), and the Planning and Infrastructure Act

The Government has launched a 12-week consultation on a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), setting out wide-ranging changes intended to create a more rules-based and predictable planning system. The proposals focus on boosting housing delivery in well-connected locations, strengthening the brownfield-first approach, and encouraging higher-density development around railway stations. These are  consultation proposals only , and the Government is seeking views f

Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends, As we head towards the end of 2025, we would like to thank everyone we have worked with this year. It has been a period of rapid policy change, new opportunities in the planning system, and continued progress on projects across the region. Your support and collaboration have been central to our success. Despite ongoing challenges in housing supply and national policy uncertainty, the year has brought many positive outcomes, including succ

We have secured planning permission for a new two storey detached house in Bournheath, Worcestershire, creating over 1,200 square feet of residential floorspace on an underused part of our client’s garden. Although the site itself is level, the land and houses opposite sit significantly lower, which introduced challenges in and opportunities for objectors based on the proposal’s perceived height and overall impact on the street scene. Through sensitive design, we were able to