All planning articles – Page 15
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Oxfordshire councils terminate joint housing plan
Move appears to put an end to 100,000-home ‘Housing and Growth’ deal signed in 2017 with government
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In Focus
Inside the council planning department resource crisis
Hold ups in the planning system are increasingly cited by housebuilders as a major barrier to development. Emily Twinch talks to planners about what is really happening on the ground
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Khan raises concern over ‘urgent’ power network issues holding up development
London mayor says government has turned down request for meeting over capacity problem stalling ‘thousands’ of homes in west London
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LLDC approves 190-home NHG scheme
Five per cent of homes planned by Notting Hill Genesis on Hackney Wick Station site will exceed national size standards
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Comment
We need clarity on the Infrastructure Levy
The government’s plan to scrap the section 106 and community infrastructure levy and replace it with a general levy raises some fundamental questions, writes Ian Fletcher
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Chief planner admits no immediate impact from nutrient relief package
Joanna Averley letter to planners says government measures will reduce pollution at source but councils must continue with planning hiatus for now
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Government’s nutrient mitigation scheme ‘years away’
Natural England will not even begin tender process for national offsetting mechanism until the autumn
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Government unveils major nutrient neutrality assistance package
Housebuilders say plans to develop offsetting solution and upgrade waterworks by 2030 falls short
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Catalyst and Hill Group submit 995-home plan to Haringey Council
Sixty per cent of the homes for the proposal next to St Ann’s Hospital are affordable
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NHF boss warns MPs new infrastructure levy may hit affordable homes delivery
Kate Henderson says section 106 replacement needs to ensure homes can be built in low-value areas
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Tory leadership candidate pledges to ditch 300k housing target
Foreign secretary Liz Truss said “Whitehall-inspired” housing targets were “Stalinist”
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Planning inspector rejects south London tower plans
Plans by developer Meadow Partners to put two new residential towers alongside updated Richard Siefert office block turned down
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Hounslow submits plans for 900-home Passivhaus estate regeneration
West London proposals will see demolition of blocks and replacement with new homes
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Alternative vision proposed for Norwich’s Anglia Square
Plans by architect Ash Sakula commissioned by heritage campaigners in opposition to Weston Homes’ proposals
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In Focus
Seven things you need to know about the new housing secretary
Greg Clark’s appointment to the caretaker role marks his second time in the job. Joey Gardiner tells you everything you need to know to be fully briefed
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Boris Johnson resigns leaving industry in limbo
Turmoil in government sparks fears of extended housing and planning policy hiatus
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Gove claims local plan override is ‘necessary safeguard’
Housing secretary defends proposals for new suite of national planning policies to trump local plans
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Housing minister approves controversial 20-storey tower citing ‘outstanding design’
Approval for Stanhope and Hammersmith & Fulham council scheme upheld despite contravening local plan height requirements
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Big increase in councils planning for later living homes
But a third of local authorities still failing to make any provision
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Plans submitted for 425 homes in North Cambridge
The Chesterton Partnership proposals also include life sciences and tech labs as well as offices