Ligi Ippjanar

Residential redevelopment is sometimes advanced on the assumption that an existing opening onto a narrow passage is sufficient to justify additional height, more units, and greater intensity. Planning law takes a more structured approach. It requires, first, that residential units front onto a space that is recognised in planning terms, and second, that the environment […]

Rural planning control is often most strained where genuine agricultural activity intersects with sensitive landscape. The difficulty is not whether farming should be supported — it should — but whether the form, location and footprint of a proposed development respect the limits imposed by rural policy. That discipline becomes particularly important when a proposal seeks […]

Basement restrictions in residential planning are often misunderstood and applied mechanically, as though any residential space located below street level is inherently unacceptable. That reading overstates what DC15 actually seeks to regulate. The policy framework is not designed to prohibit all accommodation that extends below street level, but to guard against genuinely substandard dwellings that […]

Legally, the permit renewal mechanism is not designed to reopen planning history on demand, but to preserve legal continuity unless the legal system itself recognises a reason to disturb it. A familiar scenario illustrates the point. A permit a livestock facility has already passed through the ordinary cycles of scrutiny, consultation, appeal, and finality. Years […]