All planning articles – Page 14
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CommentPro-development free marketeer or nimby? Which Liz Truss will we get?
Liz Truss now says she wants to scrap housing targets, but back in 2019 she wanted to build on the green belt. How likely is a return to pro-development principles now she is in office?, asks Joey Gardiner
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NewsGLA gives green light for 213-home co-living scheme
Oaktree Capital-backed developer Balance Out Living secures approval after examination by Mayoral body
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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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In FocusRural housing: Solving the escape from the country
John Sneddon Tetlow King says communities would more likely accept new homes if they only went to people with a local connection
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NewsWarrington Council gives go ahead for 900-home scheme
Developers will demolish Cockhedge Shopping Park and a council office building called New Town House to regenerate the Warrington town centre site
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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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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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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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CommentWhy the levelling up bill may hold back housing delivery
Proposed changes to the primacy of the development plan and removal of the duty to co-operate are causes for concern to housing delivery, warns Jason Towell
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NewsTide wins full permission for 48-storey modular tower
Docklands student tower set to be one of world’s tallest volumetric buildings