Rachel Lloyd

The draft London Plan is out for consultation, closing 5pm on Thursday 15 October 2026. The revised NPPF, meanwhile, was not published before summer recess. Matthew Pennycook MP confirmed in yesterday’s Westminster Hall debate that, following the PM’s resignation, it will now come “in due course” (15:00 on the Parliament TV link below for anyone […]

The Project: The site owners engaged BJC Planning to devise a strategy to achieve planning permission for 7 luxury flats with associated parking following the demolition of an existing bungalow. Our Approach/Strategy: This site lies within the urban area towards the southern end of Old Swanwick Lane. The A27 bounds the site immediately to the

The Project: Our client, LandQuest UK (Southern) Ltd, engaged us to formulate a strategy to achieve planning permission for 7 dwellings with associated parking. The site is within an area of designated countryside, and previously within a local gap. It lay on the edge of the settlement boundary of Boorley Green. Our Approach/Strategy: The site

We have obtained planning permission for residential development in Cupernham Lane, Romsey. This permission approved the ‘Erection of 35 dwellings with associated parking and use of the vehicular ingress and egress onto Cupernham Lane following the demolition of the existing dwelling and other outbuildings’. It was submitted on behalf of LandQuest UK (Southern) Ltd. Test

BJC Planning obtained planning permission for a farm diversification project for holiday lets at Barrowhill Farm in Ramsdean.  The application site included Barrowhill farmyard and extended to 1.03 hectares, with a total landownership, including two farms, in excess of 150 hectares.  The application proposed the following description of development: ‘Demolition of agricultural barns 1, 4B,

Bargate Homes are working on a new residential development on the southern side of Hedge End. It was resolved to grant planning permission subject to a Section 106 agreement and conditions for the development of 123 dwelling units at Planning Committee. The scheme provides a mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom houses and

BJC Planning has obtained a resolution to grant planning permission for the erection of 14 dwellings with associated parking and use of existing access following demolition of existing dwelling and garage, subject to the signing of a s.106 legal agreement. The application on behalf of LandQuest UK (Southern) Ltd was one of several that had

BJC Planning has advised The Rowans Hospice for many years. The Hospice is situated in the countryside outside Purbrook but the development now known as “Berewood” and formerly known as the West of Waterlooville Major Development Area will border the site in due course. The Trustees have been concerned about the impact of this development

BJC Planning has successfully obtained planning permission from Winchester City Council on behalf of David Wilson Homes for the erection of 91 dwellings with associated parking, access, landscaping, and surface water drainage. Committee Members accepted their officer’s recommendation and granted planning permission for the scheme at the Council’s Planning Committee. The development contributes 91 dwellings

Planning permissions have now been granted by both Eastleigh Borough Council and Winchester City Council to provide a staff car park and amenity area accessed via a bridge over the River Hamble for the site of Botley Mills. This proposal is unusual in that it straddles the boundary of two Local Planning Authority areas necessitating

The former Wykeham House School in Fareham closed in September 2015. The buildings comprised the original house, which is a Grade II Listed Building, and a classroom block to the north built in the 20th Century. BJC Planning secured planning permission and Listed Building Consent for the conversion of the Listed Building to 5 apartments

Land to the east of Sovereign Drive and Precosa Road Botley has been promoted for residential development for many years. The site was first promoted at the Local Plan Inquiry in 2004. In 2015 BJC Planning led an appeal into a refusal of permission for a proposal for 106 dwellings (with a net gain of