All Planning articles
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NewsSapphire wins planning permission for London infill homes
Hounslow Council to work with Fourth-space and Sapphire Independent Housing on redeveloping four sites with one-storey garages
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Springfield submits plans for 1,000-home new community
Scottish housebuilder aims to start on site at development in Midlothian next year
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Ballymore pulls docklands tower scheme due to fire safety concerns
Scheme of 52-storeys withdrawn from planning as fears raised over single staircase design
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Interim Countryside boss points finger at planning for poor performance
John Martin says he cannot give guidance on profit and sales until he has reviewed individual sites
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Controversial Woking tower scheme approved on appeal
EcoWorl London appealed council’s decision to throw out 37-storey Goldsworth Road plans
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Comment
A truly participatory planning system would deliver better housing outcomes
Ben Derbyshire writes about the need for more community involvement in planning and the important role civic societies can play in this
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News
Industry figures warn Gove’s £4bn cladding levy plan unlikely to work
Plan for developers to voluntarily fund fire safety work could lead to more delays for leaseholders and legal challenge, experts warn
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Government to force housebuilders to pay £4bn cladding bill
Gove threatens legal action and funding removal if industry doesn’t meet cost of remediating blocks 11 to 18 metres in height
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In Focus
Is working from home driving a planning system crisis?
With growing evidence to support the idea that the functioning of the planning system has fallen to its lowest-ever ebb, developers are pointing the finger at the switch to remote working by local authorities
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Plans unveiled for 485-home build-to-rent tower block in Manchester
Property developer Select submits plan for 34-storey in city centre
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Comment
The Tottenham experiment: a template for unlocking intensification?
As ministers look at ideas that can boost surburban densification with the support of local communities, Ben Southwood argues an experiment in Tottenham may provide a useful model
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News
Blueprint reveals designs for Trent Basin scheme
Application for phase 4-8 of the Nottingham city project includes 111 homes
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Countryside and Kingston get green light for 2,000-home regeneration project
Scheme will see 2,170 new homes built in £800m project
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Nine out of ten SME builders report ‘major barrier’ from planning
New report latest to suggest planning delays reaching critical levels
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Pocket submits plans for first major build-to-rent development
London-focused developer puts in plans for 436 homes on Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation site
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Residents back 2,000-home East London estate redevelopment
Newham Council’s housebuilding company to press ahead with Carpenters Estate regeneration after residents vote in favour
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Urban Task Force author Richard Rogers dies
Celebrated architect behind Lloyds building was also influential figure in urban thinking and placemaking
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Comment
Is the planning system on the brink of collapse?
The government must find a way of making the planning system work better, otherwise it stands no chance of hitting its 300,000-home target, warns Paul Smith
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Planning performance falls to lowest level for five years
Proportion of major housing applications decided on time drops amid concern over operation fo the system
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Housing minister turns down 1,000-home Woking scheme
Plans latest to be refused on design grounds follow Westferry and Brighton Marina decisions
