by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Sep 15, 2023 | Councils, Devon
A planning appeal against a North Devon Council decision to refuse the development of 161 homes off St Andrews Road in Fremington has been dismissed. The Planning Inspectorate dismissed the appeal made by Vistry Homes Limited against the council in a decision made on...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Jul 30, 2023 | Consumer
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently published an affordability analysis covering the whole UK looking at ratios of house prices to household incomes. It found that in England, the average house price was £275,000 in the financial year ending 2022,...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Jan 7, 2023 | Cornwall, Devon
House moving business, Right Move, says that more people were looking for properties in London in 2022, with a 9% increase on 2021, while searches for Cornwall and Devon dropped (though are still high). They say: During the pandemic, more people were looking for their...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Dec 16, 2022 | Councils, Society
Torridge District Council has been granted planning permission to bring forward the remodelling of an office building in Bideford and conversion to temporary accommodation. The plans also include proposals to landscape part of the current hard standing on the site for...
by Dawn Robinson-Walsh | Nov 11, 2022 | Consumer, Cornwall, Society
People looking to rent or buy homes in Cornwall face “dire” affordability and supply gaps when looking for somewhere to live, new analysis from the University of Exeter, shows. Researchers who examined postcode-level data found there are few postcodes in the Duchy...
