All planning articles – Page 12
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Comment
The best thing about the autumn statement was that it said little about planning
The silence around planning reform last week might just indicate that it will actually happen, writes Paul Smith
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News
Pocket wins permission for 500 north London homes
Two planning approvals include developer’s first ever build to rent project
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Tory infighting as Villiers tables bid to scrap housing targets
Co-author of 2019 Conservative manifesto brands attempt to cut target “selfish and wicked”
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Councils to get new powers to block planning permission
Government amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to designed to stop housebuilders landbanking
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Autumn statement: Investment zone bids will not be taken forward
Investment zones policy refocused to benefit research clusters at the expense of major development projects
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Gove pledges to use planning powers stop ugly housing
Secretary of state says design of too many developments is “disappointing”
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Comment
Gove’s return could mean a fight with housebuilders is on the cards
The re-appointment of Michael Gove as housing secretary is likely to mean the return of fraught discussions with the industry about building safety costs, writes Joey Gardiner
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News
Church of England submits plans for 2,200-home new Sussex village
Church says scheme designed to deliver on promises to help tackle housing crisis
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Sunak pledges to reduce say of ‘distant bureaucrats’ in planning
But prime minister stops short of backing backbencher’s call to remove centrally-set local housing targets from levelling up bill
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New housing minister vows to reduce planning delays
Lucy Frazer promises to simplify planning system in first speech as housing minister
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In Focus
Capital ambitions: Why Nigel Wilson is persisting with L&G’s huge housing push
Chief executive Nigel Wilson tells Joey Gardiner why not all of L&G’s investments have worked out so far - but why he remains optimistic that they will
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Industry welcomes review of PM’s ‘nimby’ housing pledges
Rishi Sunak had promised Tory members he would tighten green belt rules and introduce ’use it or lose it’ powers on developers
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Peabody and Hill win permission for 935-home east London regeneration project
Barking and Dagenham council approves first phase of 3,500-home redevelopment of historic Ford stamping plant site
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Plans submitted for 289 homes next to Saltaire world heritage site
Artisan Real Estate’s proposals are aimed at “transforming” the edge of Salts Mill
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Comment
On planning reform it’s back to where we were – but the politics has changed
The economy and state of opinion polls for the Conservatives mean we should only expect planning reforms that can be effective quickly, writes Paul Smith
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News
Truss planning reforms ‘set to be ditched’
Reports suggest Rishi Sunak is planning to drop reforms announced in the mini-Budget last month.
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In Focus
Gove is back: key questions for the returning housing secretary
Just 111 days after being sacked Michael Gove is back. Carl Brown looks at the key policy questions facing the government’s disruptor-in-chief
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News
Councillors block Lasalle’s twin-tower plan in east London
Knock-back for Docklands build-to-rent and student-housing proposals
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Hill wins permission for Oxford urban extension
Detailed consent given for 317-homes set to create new “north-west gateway” to university city
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Planners recommend 30-storey East India Dock rental scheme for approval
Tower Hamlets set to give the nod to 866-unit student and BTR scheme by LaSalle subsidiary EID