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Fyson on ... changes to permitted development rights that offer a mixed package of clarity and confusion

By Anthony Fyson

11 July 2008

The government is proposing to change the rules on householder applications, with the overall aim of relaxing the planning regime and extending permitted development rights.

Food supply must be secured by good planning not the markets

By Huw Morris

11 July 2008

One of the big ironies from this week's G8 summit in Japan is that after a superficially impassioned debate about escalating food prices and dwindling supplies, the world's leaders sat down to a sumptuous eight-course banquet.

Gummer on ... agreement in a good cause

11 July 2008

We need to stop unnecessary division where a consensus is perfectly possible.

Planners must talk their way out of the hole they have fallen into

By Huw Morris

4 July 2008

Just over a year ago, this column bemoaned the fact that planners and other professionals were divided by a common language (Planning, 1 June 2007, p13).

Richards on ... an evolution in plan-making

4 July 2008

Employing technology to do useful things seems to be a bit of a theme at the moment.

Fyson on ... the red herring of store competition

By Anthony Fyson

25 April 2008

It is difficult to feel sorry for Tesco as it struggles against the Competition Commission inquiry into the leading grocery chains,

Prince speaks out

By Anthony Fyson

8 February 2008

Sound principles in Prince's speech

Planning Bill flaw

By Gary Halman

8 February 2008

Local member review boards wrong

Global understanding

By Huw Morris

25 January 2008

The decline of geography teaching is disconcerting.

Peripheral problems

By Sir Peter Hall

18 January 2008

Areas in core cities are improving at the expense of places further out.