Interesting decision in bailii.org/cgi-bin/format…) where the courts have ruled that guidance in #NPPF allowing the subdivision of houses in the countryside should not apply to detached outbuildings / annexes

Thank you to 39 Essex Chambers for their excellent 39minutes of planning news and information webinar today. CPD in pyjamas 🙌it’s the way forward

BREAKING: "Lithuania’s capital has announced plans to turn the city into a vast open-air cafe by giving over much of its public space to hard-hit bar & restaurant owners so they can put their tables outdoors and still observe physical distancing rules." 🇱🇹theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…

Poor Horsham District Council for YouTube halting your #planningcommittee meeting half way through but well done for adopting measures to avoid disruption to your planning service during #COVID19 outbreak-hope other Councils AND consultees follow suit! eg Natural England aren't visiting sites

#Planning news story of the week : Chris Platzer, a commissioner on the planning commission of the city of Vallejo near San Francisco, was seen to throw his cat across the room during a 'virtual' session of the committee last week

I have my first planning application at a virtual #planning committee tomorrow Yorkshire Dales National Park I’ve already made representations. I’m going to log in to watch. Quite exciting,it’s momentous! Or it will be if there’s enough internet! I can’t even get a phone signal in Bainbridge!

Mmm - first online planning committee not going well - teething problems maybe ? Yorkshire Dales National Park

And we’re off! How exciting Yorkshire Dales National Park

Dear Yorkshire Dales National Park well done on your virtual planning committee. Went quite smoothly I think. Brilliant work getting it up and running. Highlights include “cllr Forster needs to wipe his phone screen, that might help” and “sorry chair, the moderator keeps moderating me”

Great update from 39 Essex Chambers on government agencies' protocols during #COVIDー19 …42e65q49871m1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/upl…

Government not intending to lengthen timescales for decision making #planning #COVIDー19 planningresource.co.uk/article/168304…

Can anybody spot a problem with this cycle lane if you are on a road bike? #cycling #cyclinglife

Wow. Just received a start letter from PINS for an enforcement appeal submitted at the end of 2018!! The passage of time has definitely worked in our favour on this one, the development will have well and truly assimilated into the landscape by now!

Not a great place for a bath Boris 🤷🏼‍♀️ #homeworking

Paperweight #homeworking

After 6 years, I finally got round to refreshing my website. Any (constructive) feedback from twitterland? mariaferguson.co.uk

Empty shops to be turned into new homes, Boris Johnson announces independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Got an interloper on @DeltaSimons @RTPI_Yorks webinar today 😁 the joys of CPD at home

When are hairdressers getting vaccinated? Asking for a friend...