CDN Planning

28/02/2021

CDN is looking for part time work from home admin support. 12 hours per week approx. You must have experience of working with Sage, preparing invoices etc. Please message me if you are interested.
Graham Carlisle

05/05/2020

Some of you will know about my battle with the Swansea planners over the allotment shed in Horton. Well I’m pleased to report that we have finally been granted planning permission. This came after 2 years, four applications and one appeal. We even made the Evening Post! This was certainly one of my more bizarre cases. Stuck at home now in the middle of the pandemic I’m seriously considering writing the novel.

27/03/2020

Good recent appeal decision in the ongoing HMO battle with Swansea. Conversion of a rather crumby 2flat house on
Mansel Street close to the City centre into a 6 bed HMO refused by Swansea simply because the politicians insist on refusing all applications regardless of the circumstances. The Inspector quite rightly looked at all the details and reached the decision that they were sufficient in this case to set aside policy. I wonder if the Council will try taking this one to judicial review?

15/01/2020

I posted last year that we had obtained a blow for common sense when winning an appeal for a change of use of a large terraced property in Swansea to a HMO. Upset by the decision, Swansea Council made an application for judicial review of the decision on the basis that the Inspector had misinterpreted the relevant planning policy. I am pleased to report, however, that the judge refused the request for the review. He reasoned that in the circumstances of the case the Inspector could not have reached a different conclusion, regardless of the policy. I understand the wish of the Council to limit the number of new HMOs going forward but it is never right to dogmatically apply policy in every case regardless of the particular circumstances of that case.

12/10/2019

We are looking to recruit a newly qualified planning graduate. Anyone interested please send your cv to [email protected]

20/09/2019

A good appeal decision this week. We applied to change a large terrace house in Swansea into a 7 person HMO. The Council refused the application under pressure from Members who are very keen to implement their new policy designed to limit the numbers of HMOs in the City. The Inspector accepted our arguments, however, that the property had previously been converted to flats and was in a bad state of repair and that the previous owner had failed to find a buyer because a renovation for single family purposes was simply unviable. A victory for common sense, therefore. Hopefully when the neighbours see the high quality conversion that I know my client will produce then they will not be so concerned.

10/05/2017

CDN have recently had great success appealling 4 refusals from The City and County of Swansea regarding the change of use of dwellings (Class C3) to HMO (Class C4). These successful results form part of an ongoing trend for Swansea Council to refuse almost every HMO proposal. If you require assistance with any application or appeal please contact 01792 830238 for a free initial discussion regarding how CDN can help.

16/09/2016

19/10/2015

http://www.cdnplanning.com/appeal-allowed-in-swansea-for-development-in-llewitha/

Appeal Allowed in Swansea for Development in Llewitha Posted on 19 Oct, 2015 CDN secured a planning permission via appeal for the development of a pair of semi-detached traditional style houses on land off Swansea Road in Llewitha. The City and County of Swansea refused the application because of th…

18/08/2015

Christian Rohman and Graham Carlisle from CDN attended a Community Meeting at Mynyddygarreg Welfare Hall yesterday to provide the local residents with information about a proposed solar farm at Broadford Farm

25/02/2015

http://www.cdnplanning.com/another-appeal-allowed-in-swansea/

Another Appeal Allowed in Swansea Posted on 25 Feb, 2015 CDN Planning received good news for their client today. An Inspector has allowed an appeal that gives planning permission for the first floor of a commercial property to be used as a studio flat. The proposal had originally been refused planni…

16/02/2015

We are currently recruiting again. We are looking for a qualified planner, preferably also a Member of the RTPI, for an Assistant Planner position based in our Swansea office. Some knowledge/experience of renewable energy would be an advantage. We offer a good salary for the right person, and can provide a varied workload. If anyone is interested, please contact Graham Carlisle on 01792 830238 or e-mail [email protected].

05/02/2015

One of our German clients enjoying the Pembrokeshire coast following a site meeting yesterday afternoon.

22/01/2015

The City and County of Swansea in conjunction with the Welsh Government are publishing an updated Masterplan for the city centre, that has been prepared by a team of consultants. This takes the form of a draft Strategic Framework – updating a previous version that was published in 2007. The 96-page document covers an area stretching from the Railway Station in the north-east to the Civic Centre in the south-west, bordered by the River Tawe, Swansea Bay, West Way, Mansel Street and Alexandra Road.

Suggestions include:...

http://www.cdnplanning.com/swansea-city-centre-masterplan/

14/01/2015

We are pleased to announce that we have recently submitted a planning application for the installation of a 2.2MW solar farm on land near Treoes, in the Vale of Glamorgan. The application is on behalf of our clients Sybac Solar International GmbH, who are a German company beginning to invest in the UK market.

The scheme will involve the er****on of around 9,000 solar panels on frames that are piled into the ground. These panels will have a generating capacity of 2.2MW, which is equivalent to the annual average usage of around 630 homes. The solar farm will be connected via underground cables to the existing electricity grid just outside the site.

It is the intention of Sybac and the landowner to create an ecologically-friendly solar farm, which will involve new hedgerow planting and the sowing of species-rich seed mixes. The fields around, between and underneath the solar panels will continue to be able to be grazed by sheep.

A decision on the planning application is expected to be made by the Vale of Glamorgan Council later in the spring.

http://www.cdnplanning.com/court-solar-farm/

12/01/2015

A planning application has been submitted to Swansea Council proposing the change of use of Llanfair House, a prominent building within the city centre. The applicants are seeking permission to allow for 22 apartments on the upper floors of the property, in addition to enhancing existing commercial uses at ground floor level.

http://www.cdnplanning.com/planning-application-for-22-apartments-in-swansea-city-centre/

09/01/2015

CDN Planning are pleased to start the new year with a planning permission from Carmarthenshire County Council. A planning application to change the use of a detached house to a House in Multiple Occupation was submitted in the summer of 2014. Although the application was recommended for approval by planning officers, it was called-in to committee by the local Member. At October’s planning committee Members voted to defer their decision until they had undertaken a site visit. This took place in January 2015 (nothing like a speedy and swift planning system…!) and at the subsequent committee meeting Members voted unanimously to grant planning permission, despite intense objection from the local Member. The applicant – and no doubt his student tenants – is “relieved.”

http://www.cdnplanning.com/planning-permission-for-an-hmo-in-carmarthen/