All Planning articles – Page 6
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Major planning approvals slump to a decade low
Official figures show sharp decline in permissions as HBF blasts ‘hostile political actions from ministers’
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Revised plans submitted for £130m historic naval site in Suffolk
The 303-home development includes the restoration of a former drill hall, army swimming pool and an officers’ mess building
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Nutrients: sometimes it is okay to ignore those who oppose development
Those who complain about the government’s decision to tackle the nutrient neutrality impasse have not understood the issue in detail, writes Paul Smith
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Green light given for 600 extra homes in Yorkshire development
Beal Homes given full planning permission to extend The Greenways development to 806 homes
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Councils to be forced to ignore nutrient pollution impact when taking planning decisions
Government amendments to free up nutrients development logjam go further than expected
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Labour set to back Gove nutrients reforms
Shadow minister Lisa Nandy criticises government’s housing and environmental record but says Labour will back measures to get Britain building
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Housebuilders welcome shake up of nutrient neutrality rules
Housing secretary to scrap Natural England ‘requirement’ to block housebuilding in polluted areas
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Competition regulator to probe deeper into landbanking by housebuilders
CMA launches consultation on full blown investigation into housebuilding but says planning may be at root of concerns
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Inspector finds delayed Surrey local plan ‘unsound’
Draft Tandridge council plan to be scrapped after previously halting work on the document
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The rough guide to housing supply - learning from planning policy abroad
Minneapolis, Auckland and Helsinki are just three cities that have boosted supply by loosening planning. Paul Smith argues we should learn from them.
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Councillors block 700-home scheme
Loss of old industrial buildings and lack of larger family apartments fuels rejection of plans for Birmingham’s Digbeth area
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Plans submitted for 245-home Bristol regeneration scheme
Developer Umberslade has revised plans after former RIBA president criticised the height of the scheme in sensitive harbourside location
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The Housing Forum calls for talks with Gove over second staircase ‘hiatus’
Body says decision to reduce height of second staircase mandate to 18m risks “significantly reducing” housing supply
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Greater Manchester’s 175,000-home joint plan enters final straight
Inspectors approve 700-page Places for Everyone plan subject to consultation on final modifications
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Environment Agency objects to 500-home scheme in Oxford because of flood risk worries
Developer insists solution will be found for Hawkins Brown proposals as EA recommends refusal
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Proposals lodged to redevelop Derby’s historic Friar Gate Goods Yard
‘Distressed buildings’ from the 1870s to be painstakingly restored as part of the 227-bed redevelopment
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National park bosses slam Gove’s permitted development plans
Government consulting on letting rural landowners convert barns without planning consent
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Weston wins approval for third Bury St Edmunds scheme
The 171-bedroom development will include six buildings of four and five storeys
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Hines submits plans for Blackfriars towers
Mixed use scheme includes 400 homes in two towers of up to 40 storeys
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Gove’s simplification of plan-making won’t remove political barriers to development
The housing secretary this week announced proposals to make the local plan system more simple. However, Paul Smith argues the problems go beyond technical processes.