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The councils paying out the most in appeal cost awards

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How the AMENDED Levelling Up Bill would change the system: The Planning Briefing

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

The consultants with the highest proportion of female planners

The key challenges planners face in implementing biodiversity gain requirements this year

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

The 50 biggest planning authorities: their workload, resources and leadership

The Housing Land Supply Index: every English council’s published position, plus document links

The LPAs where it’s easiest (and hardest) to win permitted development approval, plus application hotspots

Latest law and consultancy surveys and directories

The highest-rated planning lawyers: the Planning Law Survey 2023

The highest-rated planning lawyers, and the biggest planning law firms

The Planning Consultancy Market Report 2022: Overview

Planning Consultancy Services Directory 2022

The Planning Briefing

Read the Planning Briefing on the AMENDED Levelling Up Bill in one easily searchable document

How the Levelling Up bill would change the system: 4. Mandatory area-wide local design codes

How the Levelling Up bill would change the system: 3. Community land auctions and site allocations

How the Levelling Up bill would change the system: 13. Digitalisation of the planning process

How we did it

How we drove Milton Keynes' sixfold population growth in 50 years

How we are shaping 10,000 new homes through a neighbourhood plan

How a district is planning for street trees in new and ongoing developments

How we are shaping 10,000 new homes through a neighbourhood plan

How We Did It: Finding sites for 3,728 brownfield homes in a small city

How We Did It: Achieving the first AONB extension for 29 years

How We Did It: Securing consent for a suburban residential tower

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CIL Watch: who's charging what?

Want to know whether your local authority has published Community Infrastructure Levy proposals? Our live table includes the latest details of councils' levy plans, including a breakdown of charges by development type.

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PINS continues to fall short of new ministerial performance targets

Government should be building 500k plus homes a year to account for higher immigration, says think tank

Why England’s green belt is getting bigger

The authorities at risk of special measures designation for having the most decisions overturned at appeal

Number of open appeals on PINS’s books hits 12-month low, but planning inquiry times spike

The ten councils that changed their green belt boundaries in 2022/23

Size of England’s green belt hits 20-year high as it expands for second year in a row