All Planning articles – Page 20
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CommentTruss must keep to her promise to tackle nutrient scourge
The planning hiatus caused by the nutrient neutrality issue is having a devastating impact upon SME housebuilders and the next prime minister has to deliver a solution before more businesses collapse, argues Chris Winter
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NewsGovernment issues new flood planning guidance
Updated flood guidance will enable councils to ensure developers build in flood resilience in new schemes
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NewsGovernment issues warning over high-rise homes with single staircases
Letter from communities department says designers need to use fire engineer assessments to prove very tall buildings are safe
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NewsLevelling Up Bill just ‘tinkers’ with the planning system, say MPs
Select committe chair Clive Betts calls for greater clarity on government’s plans in flagship legislation
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NewsPlanning inspector dismisses Fairview appeal over 539 home Barnet scheme
Mid-rise scheme planned for north London suburb branded “alien typology” and refused despite officer support
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NewsHousebuilders welcome Truss promise to end nutrients blockage
Tory leadership favourite has pledged to ’remove’ environmental rules blamed for 100,000-home planning hiatus
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NewsPlanners approve plans for 373 family homes for rent in Cambridge
Homes in Eddington are the first permission for Apache-backed suburban build to rent developer Present Made
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NewsTruss vows to ditch nutrient neutrality rules
Conservative leadership front-runner promises to cut planning rules blamed for holding up 100,000 homes
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NewsBristol officers recommend rejection of 221-home scheme
Planners said quality of high density scheme within 1,500-home Mead Street regeneration area not enough to outweigh the “harm” it would do
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In FocusLeading the pack: an interview with L&Q’s Fiona Fletcher-Smith
The boss of the UK’s largest housing association developer L&Q talks to Carl Brown about net zero, her frustrations with government and plans for expansion in the north west
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NewsNavees Rahman appointed interim Planning Inspectorate boss
Insider given role as department starts search for permanent replacement for Sarah Richards at PINS
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CommentThe green belt is strangling the life out of planning
The ‘green belt’ concept is misunderstood, polarising and toxic and needs to be reimagined for the 21st century, argues Samuel Stafford
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NewsHill and Home Group win permission for Colindale estate regen
Housebuilder and association will construct 753 homes on the Douglas Bader Park site in Barnet
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NewsBirmingham council gives 137-home Anchor and McCarthy Stone scheme the green light
The redevelopment of the former Royal Works site in Sutton Coldfield will be the fifth project undertaken by the joint venture
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CommentChanges to compulsory purchase order regime could delay regen projects
The government’s proposed changes to the compulsory purchase order regime could delay the process of assembling land for regeneration, argues Richard Lloyd
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CommentWhy the levelling up bill may hold back housing delivery
Proposed changes to the primacy of the development plan and removal of the duty to co-operate are causes for concern to housing delivery, warns Jason Towell
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NewsTide wins full permission for 48-storey modular tower
Docklands student tower set to be one of world’s tallest volumetric buildings
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NewsOxfordshire councils terminate joint housing plan
Move appears to put an end to 100,000-home ‘Housing and Growth’ deal signed in 2017 with government
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In FocusInside the council planning department resource crisis
Hold ups in the planning system are increasingly cited by housebuilders as a major barrier to development. Emily Twinch talks to planners about what is really happening on the ground
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CommentThe new PM must recognise housing is key infrastructure for growth
It is time to realise a lack of homes makes it harder for people to find somewhere to live close to labour markets, hitting the UK’s growth and productivity, writes Paul Smith