All planning articles – Page 18
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NewsGove to water down local housing targets following backbench pressure
DLUHC announces changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which would give councils more flexibility to depart from housing delivery numbers following pressure from MPs.
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NewsA2 Dominion and TfL get green light for 350-home scheme
Development next to Hounslow West Tube station is on TfL-owned land
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NewsPlanning permissions fall to lowest level for a decade
Figures below the level seen at the height of the covid pandemic
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CommentOur leaders must stop weaponising targets and set a proper vision for planning
While politicians flip-flop over housing targets and their electoral implications, the housing system is failing people, writes Fiona Sibley
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NewsBerkeley wins major green belt appeal
Developer to build 370-homes and a school in Surrey after inspector finds ’very special circumstances’
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NewsPlans to turn former Debenhams into 185 homes approved
Native Land scheme in Guildford will include retail and restaurant space
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NewsHousing supply rose 10% to 233,000 last year
Increase in official recorded net additions for 2021/22 year comes ahead of expected drop off in build rates
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NewsVilliers claims Gove is listening in talks over planning compromise
Rebel MP says government ’listening’ to her calls to scrap housing target as Labour accuses PM of being ’weak’
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NewsTottenham Hotspur’s resi tower plans approved on appeal
Planning inspector overturns local council’s rejection of 867-home proposal
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CommentThe 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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NewsPocket wins permission for 500 north London homes
Two planning approvals include developer’s first ever build to rent project
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NewsTory 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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NewsCouncils 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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NewsAutumn 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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NewsGove pledges to use planning powers stop ugly housing
Secretary of state says design of too many developments is “disappointing”
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CommentGove’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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NewsChurch 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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NewsSunak 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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NewsNew 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 FocusCapital 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