All planning articles – Page 6
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NewsNine in 10 planning departments facing difficulties recruiting staff, MHCLG survey finds
First annual survey of planning capacity reflects concern about town halls’ capacity to cope with planning reforms
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NewsDraft masterplan for up to 1,200 new homes unveiled for Bristol’s Western Harbour
Public consultation is now underway as proposals outline new homes, infrastructure, and public spaces
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CommentThere are many unanswered questions about the government’s Nature Restoration Fund
Ministers plan to create a new fund as a way for developers to meet their environmental obligations without slowing down housebuilding, writes James Clark. But how will it work and will it be successful?
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NewsGrey belt policy ‘unlikely to have significant impact’ on housebuilding, Lords committee finds
Lord Moylan warns Angela Rayner that policy has been “rushed and incoherent”
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CommentPlanning reform in the year ahead – a lot to do but the signs are promising
Paul Smith describes the current planning reform landscape and finds positivity in the government’s general direction of travel
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NewsGovernment gives go ahead for 37-storey student scheme after failed attempt to list building
600-bed scheme will include part of cotton mill that was built in 1801
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News27,000 homes turned down on green belt land ‘would have been approved under grey belt change’
Applications ’well worth revisiting’ says Searchland boss
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NewsPlans drawn up for 2,300-bed student accommodation scheme in Manchester
Replacement of existing 1990s accommodation to contain two towers up to 30 storeys
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NewsExeter council approves plans for 1,000 homes on run down canalside site
Nash Partnership behind city’s largest brownfield mixed-use scheme
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NewsBerkeley granted approval for 357-home Fulham towers scheme
Plans for homes at former gasworks site signed off after second staircase redesign
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CommentLocal communities can mistrust CGIs if they appear unrealistic
Residents and other stakeholders are forced to rely on visual representations of planned schemes when forming opinions. It is crucial they send the right message, writes Vasilena Bocheva
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NewsPlans approved for 300-home scheme in Ealing
Ealing Council’s £125m Gurnell development will include eight main housing blocks rising to a maximum of ten storeys,
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NewsAvant submits plans for housing schemes in Coventry and Barnsley
Pair of schemes will deliver 60 and 300 homes, respectively
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NewsGreen light for 10,000-home ‘garden town’ near Harlow
Places for People and Taylor Wimpey get go ahead after terms of section 106 deal agreed by East Hertfordshire Council
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In FocusThe 1.5 million-home question: Does the government’s planning reform programme add up?
Ministers unleashed a barrage of planning reforms in the dying days of 2024. Joey Gardiner asks if these can give the industry the boost it needs to get anywhere close to the government’s ambitious housebuilding target?
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NewsGreenwich scheme handed demolition order can stay with design changes, Planning Inspectorate rules
Developer Comer Homes has three years to remove orange cladding and must pay nearly £7m to council
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NewsGreen light for 272-home build-to-rent scheme in Woking
Approval for Crown Gardens follows rejection of identical scheme in March 2024
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CommentWhy people-centred regeneration is the key to reviving our towns
It is time for the government to focus on ‘thriving towns for a revived nation’ writes Ben Derbyshire
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NewsPlans for 44-storey Manchester tower sent in to city council
Latest addition to city’s high-rise cluster would include 364 homes
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NewsVistry and Miller acquire Huddersfield site for 700 home-development
Blackmoorfoot Road scheme will also include a care home