All Planning articles – Page 19
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NewsPortsmouth Council paves way to develop huge sea-front site stalled for 70 years
Councillors vote for at least 1,250 homes to be built on controversial Tipner West site
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NewsInland wins 1,525-home west London barracks permission
Cavalry Barracks approval welcome boost following firm’s September profit warning
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NewsAbolition of housing targets could see delivery drop up to 35%
Lichfields director suggests plan to cut targets will hinder industry’s ability to recover from imminent downturn
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NewsPlanning reforms package delayed until November
Times reports that government has put back its proposed reforms until after the chancellor’s fiscal plan
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CommentWhen it comes to housing, who are the ‘anti-growth coalition’?
The truth is ensuring the planning system can deliver more new homes would be unpopular with large sections of the country but change is in our best interests, writes Paul Smith
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NewsAitch wins consent for 65-home Poplar scheme
Homes to replace derelict community centre on the edge of a conservation area
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CommentGovernment 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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NewsClarke 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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NewsGovernment 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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NewsDLUHC opens bids for investment zones
‘Rapid process’ to assess applications to follow two-week application window
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NewsCouncil 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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CommentGovernment 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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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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NewsSteve 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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CommentDeregulation 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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NewsInvestment zone sites can already have outline planning permission
DLUHC publishes more details about mini-budget policy to drive growth
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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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In FocusThe 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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NewsHill 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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CommentHomes 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