All Planning articles – Page 21
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CommentSimon Clarke must urgently press ahead with planning reform
The high turnover of housing secretaries is leading to planning reform hiatus, so the new holder of the post must clarify his plans early, writes Paul Smith
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CommentIs levelling up about to level off?
Housing can help spark economic growth in deprived parts of the UK but levelling up needs resources and trust in equal measure, argues Ben Derbyshire
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CommentOur housing crisis must not be ignored by the new PM
If either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak want to solve the housing crisis they need to raise their ambitions, says Kush Rawal, director of residential investment at SO Resi
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NewsClarion housing arm gets permission for 212-home scheme in Twickenham
Latimer will demolish ex-Richmond upon Thames College buildings for sustainable mixed-tenure scheme
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NewsNewham submits plans for £1bn Carpenters Estate regeneration
East London council’s housing company has submitted plans to build 2,000 homes in long-delayed scheme
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CommentTruss must keep to her promise to tackle nutrient scourge
The planning hiatus caused by the nutrient neutrality issue is having a devastating impact upon SME housebuilders and the next prime minister has to deliver a solution before more businesses collapse, argues Chris Winter
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NewsGovernment issues new flood planning guidance
Updated flood guidance will enable councils to ensure developers build in flood resilience in new schemes
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NewsGovernment issues warning over high-rise homes with single staircases
Letter from communities department says designers need to use fire engineer assessments to prove very tall buildings are safe
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NewsLevelling 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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NewsPlanning 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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NewsHousebuilders 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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NewsPlanners 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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NewsTruss 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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NewsBristol 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 FocusLeading 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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NewsNavees 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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CommentThe 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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NewsHill 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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NewsBirmingham 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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CommentChanges 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