All Planning articles
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CommentSmall sites deserve big attention: why further planning reform is needed for SME developments
The system is still too slow, too unpredictable and too poorly resourced to support the scale of housing delivery identified by our new administration, says Paul Campbell, chief executive at Richborough
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CommentThe government has thrown its support behind housebuilders, now it must translate into action
Labour is enacting the biggest change to planning for 30 years – it is essential momentum continues, writes Wayne Douglas
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NewsPlans submitted for 676-home Croydon scheme
The build-to-rent development, submitted on behalf of Croydon Developments Ltd, includes three towers up to 42 storeys
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NewsPlans approved for 130-home Barnet scheme funded by Aviva and council
Project set to complete in 2028
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NewsMayors to be given stronger powers to speed up housing and infrastructure delivery in devolution bill
Legislation was formally introduced to parliament on Thursday
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NewsPoplar Harca and Hill Group get permission for 2,000-home east London regeneration
Proposals for Teviot Estate in Tower Hamlets are finally set to get going after planning hold-ups
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NewsMHCLG aiming to ensure planners can draw on similar levels of resources as developers in viability negotiations
Senior official says she hopes government plan will tackle imbalance between public and private sectors
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CommentA year on from the general election, what progress are we making towards 1.5 million homes?
This Friday marks a year since Labour won a historic landslide in the general election. Paul Smith assesses how the government has fared against its key housing delivery pledge
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NewsMHCLG to push ahead with requirement for larger sites to be mixed-tenure
Department says build out is faster on mixed-tenure sites and is seeking feedback on what the threshold should be
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CommentWhy puddles are the latest in a long list of obstacles to building the homes we need
The planning system no longer recognises the difference between rivers and puddles and this must be fixed, says Paul Smith
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NewsPlanning inspector refuses ‘monolithic slab’ Stratford tower at appeal
34-storey student housing scheme criticised for breaching local plan policy on tall buildings
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In FocusThe 1.5 million-home question: Does the government’s planning reform programme add up?
Ministers unleashed a barrage of planning reforms in the dying days of 2024. Joey Gardiner asks if these can give the industry the boost it needs to get anywhere close to the government’s ambitious housebuilding target?
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NewsNPPF: Government drops 50% affordable housing requirement for grey belt sites
Labour yields to key housebuilder ask as it launches NPPF with 370,000-home mandatory housing target
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NewsPennycook ‘convinced’ 1.5 million homes are deliverable but won’t commit to annual targets
Housing minster tells MPs he can’t provide a figure for the number of affordable or social rent homes to be delivered within the 1.5 million homes target
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NewsUniversity of Cambridge considers doubling size of development to 6,000 homes
University looking at increasing density of Eddington scheme
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NewsWolverhampton Council and English Cities Fund submit plans for city centre redevelopment
Plans unveiled for first 331-home phase of 1,000-home masterplan
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NewsRetirement Villages Group gets green light for 144-home Epping Forest scheme
Epping Forest District Council has granted the AXA-owned developer permission to deliver an over-65s development in Chigwell
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NewsScottish government to launch 'planning hub' in the new year
The Scottish government will offer 30 bursaries for postgraduate studies in planning in 2025/26
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NewsPersimmon ordered to halt work at development site in Leicestershire
Housebuilder issued with stop notice after carrying out works before section 106 agreement finalised