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PINS announces 35 digital events to be held next month
The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has announced it is planning to hold "at least" 35 virtual hearings, inquiries and examinations in June as it "scales up" its capacity to process more cases.
Family 'battling plans to open quarry near home based on 60-year-old permission'
Reports on plans to open a quarry based on a 1950s planning permission and opposition by some environmental groups to yesterday's consent for 'Britain’s largest solar farm' feature in today's newspaper round-up.
Business secretary grants permission for UK's largest solar farm in Kent
Business secretary Alok Sharma has granted consent for the UK’s largest solar farm in Kent, the first such project to be determined under the streamlined planning regime for major infrastructure, after placing "substantial weight" on its contribution to renewable energy generation.
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Nine in ten planning consultancies furloughing staff and two-thirds cutting pay, latest survey finds
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Why an inspector backed one garden community proposal in a local plan but blocked two others
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Go-ahead for 1,200 Cambridge homes on greenfield site next to airport
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10 key things that happened this week
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How Covid-19 is impacting planning consultancy staffing
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Local Plan Watch: Inspector backs LLDC plan's departure from standard housing need method
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Built environment bodies call for creation of national design unit
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Go-ahead for conversion of Grade I listed former TfL headquarters into hotel
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- Director of City Development & Growth - East Midlands Oyster Partnership East Midlands
- Spatial Planning and Design Team Leader St Albans District Council St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Senior Spatial Planning Officer St Albans District Council St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Things Are Looking Up Oyster Partnership South East England
- Planning Compliance Manager LB Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets
- Head of Planning Strategy Historic England London (Central), London (Greater)
- Planning Policy & Strategy Manager Blaby District Council Office
- Senior Planner / Planning Manager Landstrom Group Limited Brighton, East Sussex
Latest Features & Analysis
Appeals for 5+ homes per year
Our list of the number of appeals determined between 2017 and 2020.
Number of housing appeals (5+ units) in England by region 2017-20
Our map of the number of housing appeals of five or more units in England between 2017 and 2020.
Councils with the highest proportion of appeals for 5+ houses allowed 2017-20
Our list of the councils that have had the highest proportion of appeals allowed for housing schemes of five or more homes determined between 2017 and 2020.
Councils with the lowest proportion of appeals for 5+ houses allowed 2017-20
Our list of the councils that have had the lowest proportion of appeals allowed for housing schemes of five or more homes determined between 2017 and 2020.
Latest Comment
Covid-19 experience provides plan-makers with opportunity to improve engagement, by Catriona Riddell
One of the positive bi-products of our Covid-19 experience has been getting to know our neighbours and wider communities better, something that has been helped enormously by the use of digital technology.
Legal Viewpoint: Lessons all round from court ruling on path diversion order
A recent High Court decision on a case from Oxfordshire considered the relevant factors to be taken into account by councils when determining whether to exercise their power to make a public path diversion order (PPO). The decision raises points for councils, vendors, purchasers and owners of adjacent land.
Another View, by Old
Planning's cartoonist casts his eye over the month's news....
It's too soon to declare a virtual future for planning decision-making, by Richard Garlick
The Covid-19 lockdown has forced the government to initiate a massive experiment in digital planning. Procedures that have always relied on physical methods of communication are now being handled online.
Why curbs on cars may not survive the pandemic, by Cliff Hague
Since, broadly speaking, the distant consequences of actions are more uncertain than the immediate consequences, it is seldom justifiable to embark on any policy on the ground that, though harmful in the present, it will be beneficial in the long run.”
Let's follow climate experts' scientific advice as well, by Graeme Bell
In early March my wife and I were in Galicia touring the paradors, the heritage hotel chain run by the state.
Latest CIL Watch
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London Legacy Development Corporation - Revised CIL examination report published
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Runnymede Council - CIL draft charging schedule published
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Camden Council - Revised CIL draft charging schedule submitted for examination
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Canterbury Council - CIL charging schedule adopted
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Brighton and Hove Council - CIL examination report published
Policy News & Updates
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Sheffield Council apologises for allowing default consent for three 5G masts
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The Planning Applications (Temporary Modifications and Disapplication) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Order 2020
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New neighbourhood planning guidance advises on engagement during the pandemic
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Community Infrastructure Levy guidance
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Construction update: Written statement