All Planning articles – Page 3
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NewsBirmingham City Council approves 462-home build-to-rent tower next to grade II-listed villas
Moda Living and Calthorpe Estates get approval for 37-storey scheme despite Historic England objection
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In FocusThe ins and outs of Labour’s new National Planning Policy Framework
Keir Starmer’s government has put planning reform at the heart of its ambition to get Britain building. Daniel Gayne assesses their chances of success
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NewsNorthern Housing Consortium says 320,000 new homes could be delivered on brownfield land
The membership organisation for northern housing providers has said that brownfield funding should be devolved and ‘more flexible’
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NewsWiltshire Council urges housing associations to halt disposals over fears of losing rural affordable housing
The local authority passed a motion last week regarding GreenSquareAccord’s plan to sell local homes
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CommentHow we can improve planning under Labour
Ministers must be wary of unintended consequences when pushing ahead with planning reforms, writes Ben Derbyshire
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NewsJohn Lewis gets approval for 353 homes in Bromley Waitrose site redevelopment
Scheme will deliver 10% affordable housing
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NewsClarion gets go-ahead for redevelopment of former London Chest Hospital
Latimer is set to deliver 274 new homes at the site, 50% of which will be affordable
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NewsLand supply must increase signficantly to meet government’s 1.5m homes target, says Savills
The real estate giant says land supply remans a “fundamental challenge”
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CommentWill Labour backbenchers try to block planning reform?
The election result means many traditionally anti-development constituencies now have Labour MPs with small majorities. Will they oppose Starmer’s green belt plans? And if so will he stand up to them, asks Paul Smith.
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NewsBristol City Council agrees planning conditions for former Bristol Zoo gardens development
A legal challenge is anticipated against the redevelopment plans for the historic site
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NewsChurch of England submits plans for 150-home development in Lincoln
The scheme is the latest in the Commissioners’ strategic land pipeline, which aims to develop 30,000 new build homes on church land
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NewsCitizen Housing’s £120m regeneration of 1960s Coventry estate to start in October
Demolition work at estate in Spon End is set to begin this autumn
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In Focus‘Start now and try to move as fast as you can’ - CIH boss Gavin Smart gives his advice for the next government on housing
The chief executive speaks to Carl Brown about his thoughts on the manifestos, how we boost the financial capacity of social landlords, mandatory qualifications and the new Housing Community Summit in Liverpool
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NewsPublic believes more upfront investment in infrastructure needed to support social housebuilding, survey finds
Places for People’s pre-election survey found that more than 50% of people worry about the strain that housebuilding would put on existing infrastructure
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NewsBrighton & Hove City Council and Hyde planning 300 homes on site of former trading estate
The Hyde Group and Brighton and Hove City Council JV could purchase land at the former trading estate and deliver council and shared ownership homes
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CommentWhat should co-design in the local planning process look like?
Rather than standardising physical parameters, authority-wide design codes should be utilised by the next government as a “patchwork of participation”, writes Ben Derbyshire
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NewsThe number of planning applications lodged falls by 10% compared to last year
Planning authorities decided just 19% of major applications within the statutory period of 13 weeks
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NewsWelsh housing association appoints new development director
Louise Attwood has been recruited into this new role as Trivallis embarks on development strategy to build 1,500 new homes over the next 10 years
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NewsJohn Lewis to appeal to the planning inspectorate for a decision on 428-home build-to-rent development
John Lewis’s BtR arm will appeal Ealing Council’s ‘failure to decide’ on its planning application, despite the council stating JLP was previously ’keen to extend time for determination’
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NewsFirst phase of 1,700-home Warwickshire scheme gets approval
Construction on the Nuneaton site is set to begin over the summer