All Planning articles – Page 15
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Comment
Government must provide more support for affordable home building
The planning reforms announced in last month’s mini-budget must factor in provision of affordable housing, argues Fiona Fletcher-Smith
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News
Clarke pledges to ‘go further’ on housing
Housing secretary promises housing plan within weeks but says he wont ‘impose cardboard boxes across our shires’
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News
Government refuses to commit to 300k housing target
Officials at DLUHC decline to say if manifesto promise remains government policy as housing secretary confirms scrapping of local targets
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News
DLUHC opens bids for investment zones
‘Rapid process’ to assess applications to follow two-week application window
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News
Council rips up local plan following Truss’s pledge to cut ‘Stalinist’ housing targets
East midlands council cites prime ministers’ campaign promise as justification for reducing housing numbers
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Comment
Government must put planning reform at the centre of its growth agenda
When it comes to making changes to the planning system, the time has come for ministers to stop talking about it and actually do it, argues Paul Smith
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News
Planning 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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News
Steve Morgan’s latest venture files first planning application
Strategic land firm Carden Group submits plans for 1,000-home garden village scheme in Devon
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Comment
Deregulation may mean little if planning remains under-resourced
Housebuilder shares have dropped amid fears of interest rate rises in the wake of last Friday’s growth plan. Is Kwasi Kwarteng’s prescription for planning deregulation across 38 investment zones really likely to give the sector the long-term tonic it needs, asks Joey Gardiner?
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News
Investment zone sites can already have outline planning permission
DLUHC publishes more details about mini-budget policy to drive growth
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DLUHC 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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In Focus
The London problem: how rising costs are hitting the capital’s housing plans
The whole of the UK is facing an inflation-fuelled economic squeeze, but developers in London have little cushion to absorb build cost rises. Joey Gardiner looks at what this means for private and affordable delivery in the capital
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News
Hill and Pinnacle ink 1,800-home London land deal
Firms form partnership to buy two sites for redevelopment in north of the capital
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Comment
Homes fit for a King: what housing advice will Charles III give to prime ministers?
Ben Derbyshire has seen King Charles’ passion for housing design and planning up close. Here he lists the areas on which the new monarch is likely to provide private advice to prime ministers
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News
Kwarteng expected to announce planning deregulation zone policy on Friday
More detail on Truss’ plan for new ‘Bournvilles’ set to be announced
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News
Dover Council lifts nutrients ban on development following study
HBF hails new approach as Natural England agrees development contribution to pollution ’insignificant’
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Comment
Truss must pursue an ‘infrastructure first’ approach to speed up housing delivery
We need a more holistic, less adversarial planning system and Liz Truss’ support for deregulated investment zones may be a good start, writes Andrew Williams
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News
Green belt grows for the first time in nearly a decade
Official figures show ammount of land protected from development by green belt classification increased to highest amount since 2014.
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News
Meyer Homes’ controversial Woolwich blocks approved
Councillors narrowly approve 712-home scheme after rejection of 27-storey tower
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Comment
Scarcity 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