The lessons of a council's order to tear down a 200-home 'mutant' tower block

How the chancellor’s proposed premium planning service would work

What the appointment of a previous incumbent as housing minister means for planning

The questions raised by the government’s latest guidance on biodiversity gain plans

When we can expect the levelling up act’s measures to come into effect

The planning track record of new housing minister Lee Rowley

The reasons why councils may be holding on to almost £3bn in unspent developer contribution cash

Local Plan Watch: Authority moves to drop 2,800-home green belt garden village from emerging strategy

Housing Land Supply Watch: Housing appeal dismissed despite council’s 2.9-year land supply

Housing Land Supply Watch: Inspector awards partial costs against ‘unreasonable’ council for belatedly accepting housing land supply shortfall

Neighbourhood Watch: Town submits plan that allocates housing and bans second homes after 12 years of preparation

Local Plan Watch: Draft plan proposes 6,700 homes on green belt and no provision for neighbouring city’s unmet need

Housing Land Supply Watch: Council’s supply position jumps by more than two-thirds after slashing plan housing target

Housing Land Supply Watch: Inspector awards full costs against ‘unreasonable’ council as it loses five-year supply

CIL Watch: City council proposes increasing business development rates by 400%

Housing Land Supply Watch: ‘Special measures’ council claims five-year supply one month after inspector identified ‘worst case scenario’ of 2.68 years

Local Plan Watch: City proposes meeting just 57% of housing need, despite green belt release

Minister makes ‘dramatic 11th-hour intervention’ to stop council withdrawing local plan from examination

Draft biodiversity gain guidance asks developers to prioritise onsite improvements

Court rejects bid to overturn adoption of Surrey council's local plan

General Permitted Development etc. (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023

High Court orders council to adopt local plan it twice refused to pass

Government eases planning rules for solar panels on home roofs and in conservation areas

PLANNING TV: Join our free webinar on how to prepare for biodiversity net gain next Tuesday 12 December

Room 106, ep72: The big planning announcements in the chancellor's autumn statement, plus the week's key stories

Room 106, ep71: Rowley's return to the ministerial hotseat, and when the Levelling Up Act will take effect

Room 106, ep70: Gove urges councils to consider flexing local plan policies, plus the week's key stories

Room 106, ep69: The habitats developers won't need to enhance, and the water supply threat to 1,000-home scheme

Room 106, ep68: How the Levelling Up Act will affect planning, and how to prepare for biodiversity net gain

Room 106, ep67: The latest changes to the Levelling Up Bill, plus other key news

Legal Viewpoint: Case highlights role of punctuation and accurate interpretation of planning policies

Legal Viewpoint: High Court makes further judgment on scope of section 73 permissions

Legal Viewpoint: Can a section 73 application be used to remove a planning obligation?

Legal Viewpoint: Acquisition of land – no objection to non-opposition clauses

Legal Viewpoint: Demolishing an old building? Be prepared for a challenge

Legal Viewpoint: High Court passes key judgment on the reporting of consultation responses in officer reports

Legal Viewpoint: Key court decision foreshadows ascension of the ten-year rule

Legal Viewpoint: Pragmatism in assessing Public Sector Equality Duty

Legal Viewpoint: High Court provides some consenting clarity on solar generation

Legal Viewpoint: Conditions discharged but are you out of the woods?

The Housing Land Supply Index: September 2023 update

The consultants that allow the most, and the least, home working

The consultants with the highest proportion of female planners

The facts about the extent of working from home among council planners, and what they feel about it

The Housing Land Supply Index: every English council’s published position, plus document links (Feb 2023 update)

The planning market in 2023: the most in-demand skillsets and fastest-growing sectors