All planning articles – Page 6
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CommentWill Labour’s planning reforms deliver new homes or just new planning permissions?
The new government will need to marry planning reform with other interventions in order to meet its housing targets, argues Rory Stracey
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NewsSector’s leaders welcome Labour government’s ‘clear commitment’ to housing in King’s Speech
Amid positive reactions to the new government’s legislative focus on housing, experts have stressed that planning isn’t the only issue to be fixed and that it’s now time for action
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News‘The will is absolutely there’: Major housebuilders meet Reeves for high-level discussions ahead of King’s Speech
Berkeley, Barratt and Taylor Wimpey representatives among delegation that went to Downing Street last week
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NewsRayner urges council leaders in ‘devolution deserts’ to take on new powers
The government wants to hand over more powers to manage housing, planning and transport to those with “skin in the game”
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NewsG15 boss says ‘for-profits won’t deliver same volume as HAs’ as fears grow over lack of buyers for section 106 homes
Meanwhile, Barratt London’s head of affordable housing warns ‘no-one will take’ affordable homes required through planning agreements
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CommentWhat makes a successful new town?
Samuel Hughes explores the key elements of successful new towns through history and how these lessons might inform the new government’s housing strategy
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CommentWill Labour backbenchers try to block planning reform?
The election result means many traditionally anti-development constituencies now have Labour MPs with small majorities. Will they oppose Starmer’s green belt plans? And if so will he stand up to them, asks Paul Smith.
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NewsSector welcomes Labour’s planning overhaul and reintroduction of mandatory housing targets
Major housing associations, councils and housebuilders react to new government’s first major policy announcement
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NewsBristol City Council agrees planning conditions for former Bristol Zoo gardens development
A legal challenge is anticipated against the redevelopment plans for the historic site
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CommentWhy Starmer should look to Milton Keynes for new towns inspiration
As Labour stands on the brink of power, Lee Shostak and John Walker give six lessons for the party on how it can meet its pledge to ‘build a new generation of new towns’
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NewsLondon Square acquires site for 712-home scheme
Developer recently acquired by Abu Dhabi property firm Aldar plans to build 15-storey scheme in the centre of Woolwich
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NewsBrighton & Hove City Council and Hyde planning 300 homes on site of former trading estate
The Hyde Group and Brighton and Hove City Council JV could purchase land at the former trading estate and deliver council and shared ownership homes
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CommentWhat should co-design in the local planning process look like?
Rather than standardising physical parameters, authority-wide design codes should be utilised by the next government as a “patchwork of participation”, writes Ben Derbyshire
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News3,000-home Birmingham plan gets green light
Mammoth city centre scheme to be developed by Lendlease and Birmingham CIty Council
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NewsThe number of planning applications lodged falls by 10% compared to last year
Planning authorities decided just 19% of major applications within the statutory period of 13 weeks
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NewsNumber of sites approved at lowest level since records began, says HBF
Consents drop 12% year-on-year in 12 months to March 2024
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NewsFirst phase of 1,700-home Warwickshire scheme gets approval
Construction on the Nuneaton site is set to begin over the summer
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NewsRaised fees alone cannot fix Scotland’s planning system, RTPI warns
Planning fees cover only 66% of processing costs, according to latest research
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NewsJRL unveils plans for 28-storey residential tower in Manchester
Firm’s latest tower in the city would provide 359 homes
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CommentA Labour government can’t rely on ‘grey belt’ delivery alone to achieve a step-change in housing delivery
We will need to build on green belt land that does not fit neatly into Keir Starmer’s ‘grey belt’ definition, writes Katy Davis