All Planning articles – Page 17
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Levelling Up Bill just ‘tinkers’ with the planning system, say MPs
Select committe chair Clive Betts calls for greater clarity on government’s plans in flagship legislation
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Planning inspector dismisses Fairview appeal over 539 home Barnet scheme
Mid-rise scheme planned for north London suburb branded “alien typology” and refused despite officer support
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Housebuilders welcome Truss promise to end nutrients blockage
Tory leadership favourite has pledged to ’remove’ environmental rules blamed for 100,000-home planning hiatus
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Planners approve plans for 373 family homes for rent in Cambridge
Homes in Eddington are the first permission for Apache-backed suburban build to rent developer Present Made
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Truss vows to ditch nutrient neutrality rules
Conservative leadership front-runner promises to cut planning rules blamed for holding up 100,000 homes
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Bristol officers recommend rejection of 221-home scheme
Planners said quality of high density scheme within 1,500-home Mead Street regeneration area not enough to outweigh the “harm” it would do
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In Focus
Leading the pack: an interview with L&Q’s Fiona Fletcher-Smith
The boss of the UK’s largest housing association developer L&Q talks to Carl Brown about net zero, her frustrations with government and plans for expansion in the north west
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Navees Rahman appointed interim Planning Inspectorate boss
Insider given role as department starts search for permanent replacement for Sarah Richards at PINS
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Comment
The green belt is strangling the life out of planning
The ‘green belt’ concept is misunderstood, polarising and toxic and needs to be reimagined for the 21st century, argues Samuel Stafford
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Hill and Home Group win permission for Colindale estate regen
Housebuilder and association will construct 753 homes on the Douglas Bader Park site in Barnet
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Birmingham council gives 137-home Anchor and McCarthy Stone scheme the green light
The redevelopment of the former Royal Works site in Sutton Coldfield will be the fifth project undertaken by the joint venture
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Comment
Changes to compulsory purchase order regime could delay regen projects
The government’s proposed changes to the compulsory purchase order regime could delay the process of assembling land for regeneration, argues Richard Lloyd
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Comment
Why the levelling up bill may hold back housing delivery
Proposed changes to the primacy of the development plan and removal of the duty to co-operate are causes for concern to housing delivery, warns Jason Towell
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Tide wins full permission for 48-storey modular tower
Docklands student tower set to be one of world’s tallest volumetric buildings
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Oxfordshire councils terminate joint housing plan
Move appears to put an end to 100,000-home ‘Housing and Growth’ deal signed in 2017 with government
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In Focus
Inside the council planning department resource crisis
Hold ups in the planning system are increasingly cited by housebuilders as a major barrier to development. Emily Twinch talks to planners about what is really happening on the ground
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Comment
The new PM must recognise housing is key infrastructure for growth
It is time to realise a lack of homes makes it harder for people to find somewhere to live close to labour markets, hitting the UK’s growth and productivity, writes Paul Smith
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Khan raises concern over ‘urgent’ power network issues holding up development
London mayor says government has turned down request for meeting over capacity problem stalling ‘thousands’ of homes in west London
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LLDC approves 190-home NHG scheme
Five per cent of homes planned by Notting Hill Genesis on Hackney Wick Station site will exceed national size standards
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Comment
We need clarity on the Infrastructure Levy
The government’s plan to scrap the section 106 and community infrastructure levy and replace it with a general levy raises some fundamental questions, writes Ian Fletcher