All planning articles – Page 6
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In Focus
Design codes are coming but will they deliver?
Earlier this month Berkeley Homes went to war with Michael Gove over the design quality of a scheme in Kent, but compulsory local design codes are meant to help avoid such conflict. Will they work?
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News
Government refuses to pause permitted development roll-out
Chair of committee calls department’s response to recommendations ‘disappointing’
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Comment
We must stop thinking that small interventions on housing can make a difference
Long-term strategic thinking, continuous investment and an end to politicians’ suspicion of housebuilding is needed in order to really boost housing delivery, argues David Orr
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Gove to re-think controversial decision to block Berkeley Homes scheme
Housing secretary to quash original decision and think again after realising local land supply data is out of date
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Inland finalises huge Cavalry Barracks permission
Troubled housebuilder in line for payday from development of historic 1,525-home Hounslow scheme
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Starmer says Green Belt rules to form part of reform plans
Labour leader says party would reimpose housing targets and ’back builders’ if elected
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Camden student housing approved at appeal
Scheme drawn up by Morris & Company for developer Euston One Ltd
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Peel L&P puts in plans for two Salford projects
The two new neighbourhoods will deliver up 750 homes
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Up to 125,000 planned London homes face major delays due to two staircase rule
Analysis by LSH and Connells says fire safety rules for high-rises could ’completely mothball’ 243 building schemes
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Gove threatens 10 councils with special measures
Housing secretary says he will intervene to take over decision-making given slow pace ofresponding to applications
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Comment
The Conservatives’ strategy to make it harder to build new homes is failing
The wranglings over housebuilding in the party represent a conflict between tradition and ambition, but there are signs of a fightback against the anti-development mindset, writes Paul Smith
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Comment
Both sides in the Tory battle over housebuilding have a point – and both are wrong
Only an enlightened and innovative approach to planning and development can get us out of this political cul-de-sac, says Toby Lloyd
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News
Far East Consortium submits plans for 4,800-home Manchester scheme
Towers up to 34 storeys in height to form first phase of £4bn Victoria North regeneration project
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Mayor calls in rejected 1,600-home east London regeneration scheme
Sadiq Khan to determine whether Poplar Harca and Ecoworld’s Aberfeldy New Village scheme can go ahead
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Senior Conservatives turn on leadership over housing after election drubbing
Simon Clarke says Tories ’can’t out Nimby’ the Lib Dems amid warnings of political apocalypse without more homes
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In Focus
‘We’re victims of short-term policy-making’: Interview with Taylor Wimpey boss Jennie Daly
Taylor Wimpey’s chief executive thinks that a national housing strategy is needed to save the country from its current planning paralysis.
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News
Starmer accuses Sunak of ‘killing home ownership dream’
Labour leader rounds on Tories over abandoning housing targets ahead of local elections
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In Focus
How to make a garden community successful
Delegates at a Building Garden Communities conference at the RIBA last week heard from five expert panels on how to make a garden community successful. Below are the top five take-aways Housing Today has picked out from the day
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News
Berkeley launches legal challenge against Gove refusal of Kent scheme on design grounds
Housebuilder to challenge decision to turn down ‘generic’ 165-home AONB scheme which went against inspector’s advice
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Green light for re-modelled 1,100-home Weston scheme
Scaled-down Anglia Square scheme approved by Norwich City Council after housing secretary’s intervention