All planning articles – Page 6
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Sunak considers standalone bill to drive through nutrients reforms
Telegraph says Downing Street may re-introduce controversial plans to end hiatus by watering down green rules
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Lords 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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Countryside 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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Costly, 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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Housing 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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Labour 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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Major 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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Revised 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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Comment
Nutrients: 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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Green 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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Councils 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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Labour 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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Competition 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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Planning inspector backs conversion of listed hospital into housing
Scheme centred on Victorian facility in Portsmouth will deliver 209 flats and houses
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Inspector finds delayed Surrey local plan ‘unsound’
Draft Tandridge council plan to be scrapped after previously halting work on the document
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Councillors 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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In Focus
Will Gove’s latest local plan reforms have a positive impact on delivery?
Matilda Battersby talks to industry players about the local aspect of the housing secretary’s long term strategy, and what it might mean.
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RTPI launches campaign to ‘battle’ planning trolls on social media
Professional institute to tackle ‘planning misinformation’ after survey found a quarter of planners faced online abuse
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Plans 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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700-home Birmingham scheme set for green light
Pressworks proposals include 23-storey tower on edge of city centre