All planning system articles
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NewsGovernment should remove nutrient neutrality from planning system, says Housing Forum
Membership body publishes recommendations to streamline the planning system
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NewsPolicy Exchange urges government to focus on urban planning
Influential think tank says new Housing and Planning Bill should be used to ‘regain initiative’ from Labour
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NewsGovernment delays planning policy reforms
Michael Gove signals new NPPF rules won’t be introduced until the autumn
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NewsResidential planning approvals slump in first quarter
Official figures show 16% drop in permissions as councils refuse a higher proportion of schemes
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NewsStarmer says Green Belt rules to form part of reform plans
Labour leader says party would reimpose housing targets and ’back builders’ if elected
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NewsLabour to ‘repurpose’ Homes England as part of housing drive
Draft policy platform shows party wants ‘more high quality and affordable homes’ if elected to government
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NewsGove to water down local housing targets following backbench pressure
DLUHC announces changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which would give councils more flexibility to depart from housing delivery numbers following pressure from MPs.
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NewsL&G boss blames planning for slow modular growth
Sir Nigel Wilson says ’awful’ delays particularly damaging for a start-up manufacturing business
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NewsPlanning permissions drop to lowest level for a decade
Gridlock fears as number of schemes granted in last quarter falls below level seen in depths of covid crisis
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NewsDLUHC insists levelling up bill won’t be scrapped
Housing department scotches rumours that legislation to be binned after new ’planning and infrastructure bill’ announced on Friday
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CommentScarcity is spreading through the economy - and it might boost housing supply
From lab and distribution space, to reservoirs and energy, we don’t seem to have enough of anything and this might give impetus to the planning reform we need to boost housing, argues Paul Smith
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NewsGove pledges to take on ‘vested interests’ of major developers
But housing secretary maintains 300,000 homes a year ’ambition’ remains despite anti-housebuilder rhetoric
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NewsPlanning fees to soar by a third in bid to ease planning gridlock
Department proposes increase in order to pump resources into ’stressed’ planning system
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NewsGove ditches five-year land supply policy
Councils with up-to-date plans will not have to show a five-year supply of housing sites under new plans
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NewsFears Queen’s Speech means death of hoped-for planning reforms
Planners call for councils to be ”sufficiently resourced” to deliver what changes are brought forward
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NewsEnvironmental assessment shake-up included in planning reforms
Reforms included as part of levelling up agenda but no space in Queen’s Speech for stand-alone Planning Bill
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CommentSolving nutrient neutrality puzzle is a key test of ministers’ housebuilding commitment
On nutrient neutrality, the government must find a way of protecting the environment while being fair to the housing development industry, argues Joey Gardiner
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NewsCouncils more able to refuse schemes on design grounds under new NPPF
Study shows inspectors are now backing council refusals at planning appeals
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NewsGove ‘ditches’ Ox-Cam Arc project
Local authority boss says department has said it does not want to take million-home project forward
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NewsPlanning reform update promised this spring
Government’s chief planner urges councils to make progress on local plans in the meantime