All planning articles – Page 7
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NewsGreen light for 7,000-home Edinburgh city extension
Local developer Drum Property Group’s £2bn scheme granted unanimous approval by council
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NewsMount Anvil seeks to double size of Camden estate regeneration sceheme
Housebuilder to triple size of towers as it replaces lead architect Karakusevic Carson with Pollard Thomas Edwards.
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NewsThakeham gets green light for 124-home scheme in Sussex
Stonewater will manage the scheme which is 100% affordable
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NewsRayner gives green light to 165-home Berkeley scheme previously blocked by Gove
Housing secretary judges harm to natural beauty to be limited
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NewsUniversity of Cambridge considers doubling size of development to 6,000 homes
University looking at increasing density of Eddington scheme
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into environmental impact of Starmer’s planning reforms
Environmental audit committee to probe environmental sustainability of the government’s plans for 1.5m homes
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NewsRetirement Villages Group gets green light for 144-home Epping Forest scheme
Epping Forest District Council has granted the AXA-owned developer permission to deliver an over-65s development in Chigwell
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NewsScottish government to launch 'planning hub' in the new year
The Scottish government will offer 30 bursaries for postgraduate studies in planning in 2025/26
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CommentLabour must deliver on planning reform as its main tool to drive economic growth
The Office for Budget Responsibility seems unconvinced about Starmer’s growth agenda, but crucially it did not take into account the economic impact of the government’s proposed planning changes, writes Paul Smith
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NewsRayner intervenes over 8,400-home scheme in Kent opposed by local council
Planning officers had recommended refusal for scheme due to “urbanising impact”
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NewsDecision on Woolwich towers scheme demolition order expected by end of next month
Comer Homes’ 200-home site in Woolwich was handed enforcement notice last year after breaching planning permission
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NewsPlans submitted for residential towers next to Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium
850-home scheme to include blocks up to 25 storeys
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CommentPlanning for new homes requires radical change, but do the government’s suggested reforms go far enough?
Planning reform in itself is not a silver bullet - we need a more holistic approach, argues Paul Dennison
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CommentThe new government must allow developers to build upwards too
Keir Starmer’s government has made a good start now it must look at enabling liberal densification, writes Paul Smith
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In FocusGrey belt, green belt and the curious case of Labour’s benchmark land value
The new government’s plans to allow more development on parts of the green belt have been hailed as a potential game-changer for housing supply. However, there are growing fears that the ‘golden rules’ governing the release of sites may simply make sites unviable
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NewsGreen light for 600-home Wembley scheme
Four blocks up to 16 storeys to be built north of Wembley stadium
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NewsCouncils being ‘set up to fail’ by new housing targets, says West Sussex local authority
Group leaders on Arun District Council blame developers sitting on permissions
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CommentCould smaller section 106 deals help keep affordable housing delivery alive?
SME housebuilders could form partnerships to deliver section 106 homes to housing associations’ quality standards, argues Simon Corp
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In partnershipHow can we unlock housing delivery in the North-west of England?
There are universal challenges to delivering homes, but what specific obstacles do housebuilders and registered providers face in the North-west? Olivia Barber reports on a Housing Today Live roundtable on this issue, which was hosted in Manchester, in partnership with Willmott Dixon