All planning articles – Page 2
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Newham Council’s housing company gets go-ahead for 350-home east London scheme
Five-block North Woolwich proposals are designed by Assael Architecture
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Planning permissions drop to lowest level since HBF pipeline report began
The Home Builders Federation’s executive chairman Stewart Baseley predicts housing supply will drop to under 200,000 homes in 2024
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Percentage of major planning applications decided within statutory 13-week period increases
Almost 90% of applications were decided within 13 weeks or the agreed time, Government planning data finds
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Berkeley halts investment in new development due to planning and regulation concerns
Housebuilder to focus instead on “financial strength” in “volatile and unsupportive” operating environment
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Why do we keep missing the government’s housing delivery target?
The housing market is not dysfunctional, it is the planning system that is holding back development, writes Paul Smith
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Welsh developer Anwyl Homes submits plans as part of 840-home development in Merseyside
The North Wales developer has put forward proposals to build 249 homes in two initial phases
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Devon council to push ahead with plans to build 8,000-home new zero-carbon town
East Devon District councillors agree to proceed with new town in bid to meet housing targets in emerging local plan
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Housing Forum calls on government to scrap planning validation checklists
Validation checklists “not working well” and should be replaced with simpler planning statement system, says housing membership body
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Deliberate landbanking by housebuilders is a myth
The suggestion that housebuilders deliberately landbank is, to put it bluntly, poppycock
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Southwark council approves Joseph Homes’ 34-storey student tower
Scheme in Old Kent Road Opportunity Area will deliver 688 student beds and 23 affordable homes
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Plans for 70-home development in East Devon approved amid sewage concerns
The outline application, which was deferred last month to consult the Environment Agency and local water company, has been approved
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Money in the autumn statement was in short supply – but ministers do have tools now to boost development
Jeremy Hunt’s ‘autumn statement’ offered thin gruel for housing but there are reasons to be optimistic, writes Paul Smith
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Plans submitted for 1,500-home scheme in north-west London
Hollybrook’s Neasden Goods Yard scheme to contain five blocks of up to 51 storeys in height
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Story Homes submits plans for 187-home scheme near Warrington
Carlisle-based developer has put forward plans for 187-home scheme at site currently designated as green belt
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Joseph Homes 34-storey student tower recommended for approval
South London scheme replaces HTA-designed flats proposals hit by “viability and deliverability” concerns
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Gove overturns refusal for 1,100-home Taylor Wimpey development in Lancashire
A decision on the Pickering’s Farm development on 50 hectares of agricultural land was called in for determination by the housing secretary
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Manchester refuses student housing scheme for the fourth time
Council also approves 250-home housing block in Ancoats
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The 11 largest housebuilders own or control 1.17 million plots, competition regulator says
The Competition and Markets Authority is seeking feedback on land banks and planning rules as part of its probe into the housbeuilding market
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Government should remove nutrient neutrality from planning system, says Housing Forum
Membership body publishes recommendations to streamline the planning system
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Cala submits 200-home development plan to Cambridge City Council
L&G-owned housebuilder plans to build properties with timber frames