All planning articles
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NewsRevised Vauxhall towers set for approval next week
Scheme to replace former plan for hotel towers on riverside site
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NewsPlans for 3,000-home Nine Elms tower scheme revealed
Scheme would include 70-storey tower, making it one of the tallest residential developments in the UK
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CommentFive practical steps to speed up housing delivery - a town planner’s view
Dan Wilson gives his view on what needs to change to the planning system to get Britain building
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NewsBeal Homes submits plans for 418 homes in Hull
Proposed scheme at Sutton-on-Hull will deliver biodiversity net gain of at least 10%
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NewsHomes England buys army barracks site for 1,300-home development
Site released as part of government’s new ‘trailblazer’ drive for development on surplus public sector land
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NewsLeeds council unveils updated plan for 2,500 homes around Elland Road stadium
The plans are intended to replace the 2007 proposals
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NewsLeeds student accommodation block gets green light
Part of 1960s-built Merrion Centre set to be demolished to make way for 37-storey development
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NewsPlans submitted for £100m Digbeth regeneration with 240 homes
Plans for the brownfield site have been designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris architects
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NewsStarmer announces AI tool to speed up planning system
The government has announced the launch of a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool, designed in collaboration with Google, in order to speed up the planning system. An AI assistant for planning officers and local councils – which can scan hundreds of files in seconds– called Extract, was announced by the ...
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CommentPlanning reforms are welcome but will need to sit alongside other measures
Paul Hackett explains what the Labour gavernment’s policies are likely to mean for affordable housebuilding
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CommentCan the London Plan deliver?
Ben Derbyshire reflects on Sadiq Khan’s latest policies to boost housebuilding in the capital
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NewsNetwork Rail and Kier get green light for 423-home scheme
Pair have already built 300 homes at Bishop’s Stortford site
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NewsGovernment unveils plans to simplify planning and BNG rules for smaller sites
MHCLG also publishes consultation paper on plans to delegate planning approvals to officers
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NewsMHCLG to push ahead with requirement for larger sites to be mixed-tenure
Department says build out is faster on mixed-tenure sites and is seeking feedback on what the threshold should be
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News‘Housebuilders do not sit on land’ – HBF hits back at Rayner’s plan for slow build-out fines
Trade body calls on government to focus instead on the ‘actual reasons’ for subdued supply
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CommentWhy puddles are the latest in a long list of obstacles to building the homes we need
The planning system no longer recognises the difference between rivers and puddles and this must be fixed, says Paul Smith
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NewsGreen light for more than 1,000 homes in revised scheme by modular developer
Tide has increased both coliving and affordable components of the proposals
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NewsPlans for 1,200-home scheme in Birmingham approved despite high-rise jitters
Five-tower Goods Station scheme signed off after developer Vita Group changes one tower to private sale