Vacant Building Credit Appeal Decision. In summary, it operates by providing a financial credit equivalent to the existing gross floor space of relevant vacant buildings when the local planning authority (lpa) calculates any affordable housing. It remains to be seen how government will react, but as a result of the decision the judge ordered government to pay the councils’ £35,000 legal fees.
‘vacant building credit,’ whereby where a vacant building is brought back into lawful use, or is demolished and replaced by a new building, the developer is given a. The appeal judges considered that lewis’s ministerial statement did not seek to. The decision as to whether it does or not will remain with msdc as local planning.
Advisory note for applying the vacant building credit january 2017 1 an advisory note for applying the vacant building credit.
The ppg was updated on 19th may 2016 to reflect the decision of the court of appeal. Court of appeal upholds secretary of state’s affordable housing exemption for small sites and vacant building credit, overturning high court decision 24 may 2016 on 28 november 2014, brandon lewis mp introduced the following into national planning policy by way of a written ministerial statement (“wms”) and then the national planning. The vacant building credit applies where the building has not been abandoned. The recent parkhurst road appeal decision emphasises the importance of understanding how land value expectation (and so the price for […] by roy pinnock.
