All Planning articles – Page 9
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NewsLords make call for statutory housing targets
Built environment committee chair says change is needed to put housing on equal footing with environmental goals
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NewsCountryside to build 550 homes in Coventry suburb
Vistry subsidiary buys two sites and signs deal to develop 260 homes for Platform Housing Group
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NewsCostly, slow and risky planning system 'burdening' SMEs, says report
Outline planning permission ‘now takes a year on average’ says new Lichfields report for the Land, Planning and Development Federation and United Trust Bank
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NewsHousing minister blocks Surrey council from withdrawing local plan
Rachel Maclean has used powers to direct Spelthorne “not to take any step to withdraw the plan from examination”
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CommentHousebuilders are right to expect better from politicians after nutrients reform failure
Michael Gove has sought to blame Labour for defeat of government proposal, but nutrients reform package was set up to fail, says Joey Gardiner
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NewsLabour to oppose Gove’s nutrients reform plan
New shadow housing secretary changes stance and says ‘reckless’ reforms needlessly pit homes against nature
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NewsMajor planning approvals slump to a decade low
Official figures show sharp decline in permissions as HBF blasts ‘hostile political actions from ministers’
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NewsRevised plans submitted for £130m historic naval site in Suffolk
The 303-home development includes the restoration of a former drill hall, army swimming pool and an officers’ mess building
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CommentNutrients: sometimes it is okay to ignore those who oppose development
Those who complain about the government’s decision to tackle the nutrient neutrality impasse have not understood the issue in detail, writes Paul Smith
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NewsGreen light given for 600 extra homes in Yorkshire development
Beal Homes given full planning permission to extend The Greenways development to 806 homes
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NewsCouncils to be forced to ignore nutrient pollution impact when taking planning decisions
Government amendments to free up nutrients development logjam go further than expected
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NewsLabour set to back Gove nutrients reforms
Shadow minister Lisa Nandy criticises government’s housing and environmental record but says Labour will back measures to get Britain building
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NewsHousebuilders welcome shake up of nutrient neutrality rules
Housing secretary to scrap Natural England ‘requirement’ to block housebuilding in polluted areas
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NewsCompetition regulator to probe deeper into landbanking by housebuilders
CMA launches consultation on full blown investigation into housebuilding but says planning may be at root of concerns
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NewsInspector finds delayed Surrey local plan ‘unsound’
Draft Tandridge council plan to be scrapped after previously halting work on the document
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CommentThe rough guide to housing supply - learning from planning policy abroad
Minneapolis, Auckland and Helsinki are just three cities that have boosted supply by loosening planning. Paul Smith argues we should learn from them.
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NewsCouncillors block 700-home scheme
Loss of old industrial buildings and lack of larger family apartments fuels rejection of plans for Birmingham’s Digbeth area
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NewsPlans submitted for 245-home Bristol regeneration scheme
Developer Umberslade has revised plans after former RIBA president criticised the height of the scheme in sensitive harbourside location
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NewsThe Housing Forum calls for talks with Gove over second staircase ‘hiatus’
Body says decision to reduce height of second staircase mandate to 18m risks “significantly reducing” housing supply
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NewsGreater Manchester’s 175,000-home joint plan enters final straight
Inspectors approve 700-page Places for Everyone plan subject to consultation on final modifications