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Plans announced for alligator park in Old Kent Road regeneration scheme
News of unlikely plans for an alligator park as part of a proposed regeneration scheme on London's Old Kent Road features in today's newspaper round-up.
Ministers promise to revamp and expand Housing Infrastructure Fund
Ministers have revealed that the government is pressing ahead with a revamp and expansion of its Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) and promised that the upcoming Planning White Paper will look at revising the compulsory purchase process.
St. Modwen wins consent for 15-hectare Derby industrial scheme
Developer St. Modwen has won permission for a new 15-hectare industrial and storage park to complete the regeneration of the area around Derby's Pride Park stadium, after the city council agreed to cut the contributions it wanted towards a road upgrade.
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Norton Rose Fulbright appoints new head of planning
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Inspectors back Oxford plan's higher housing target and green belt release
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Why a county council is poised to take over production of a district's local plan
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What the new London Plan's housing targets will mean for boroughs' housing land supplies
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How the withdrawal agreement makes it easier for UK courts to overturn EU planning case law
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Somerset man sent to prison for third time over planning breach
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RICS index sees London mayoral CIL rates fall
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Neighbourhood Watch: Parish plan proposes removing six sites from green belt
- Senior Planning Consultant DPA Architects Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
- Principal Regeneration Officer Bridgend County Borough Council Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)
- Principal Planning Officer South Kesteven District Council Grantham, Lincolnshire
- Planner Barratt Developments Northamptonshire
- Senior Transport Planner (Planning Policy) Royal Borough of Kingston Kingston Upon Thames (City/Town), London (Greater)
Latest Features & Analysis
How we did it: Securing permission for a new town
An unusual three-stage application has been key to securing permission for the 6,500-home town, writes Colin Marrs.
Need to know: Environmental planning commitments versus reality
Breaches of commitments can go unnoticed, and there is a widespread disconnect between promises made in planning and outcomes. By Dominic Woodfield.
Why a Supreme Court judgment is set to make it easier for councils to block village green registrations
A landmark Supreme Court judgment should make it easier for public bodies to both resist applications to register land they own as town or village greens and to revoke existing registrations, according to legal experts.
How the reduced London Plan housing targets will affect councils and developers
Boroughs and developers have both expressed relief that mayor Sadiq Khan has agreed to slash the housing targets in the draft version of the latest London Plan, but there are concerns about how the capital's housing need shortfall will be met.
Latest Comment
Legal Viewpoint: No magic bullets but plenty of freedom on green belt review
The High Court challenge on the Guildford Local Plan, heard by Sir Duncan Ouseley QC at the end of 2019, crystallises justifications for plan-led green belt release where there is political will to meet housing needs.
Why knocking down more homes would help save the planet, by Chris Brown
Is it time to knock down all our old houses? Our old buildings are leaky, expensive to heat and destroying the planet. We can build new homes that are close to zero carbon to run and cost next to nothing to heat.
What the profession can learn from Dominic Cummings' team of 'unusual' people, by Euan Mills
One day before Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed by an American drone, Dominic Cummings, the special adviser to the Prime Minister, published a job advert on his personal blog inviting applications from "an unusual set of people" to help address "some profound problems at the core of how the state makes decisions".
The White Paper must focus on strategic planning and climate change, Catriona Riddell
As promised in the Conservative Party election manifesto, the Government has announced it will bring forward a White Paper to deliver a planning process that is "clearer, more accessible and more certain for all users".
Why the country's biggest infrastructure projects have hit problems, by Angus Walker
With news that a third runway at Heathrow is being delayed, pretty much all the country's largest infrastructure projects are having problems of one sort or another.
While Britain flounders, China forges ahead, by Cliff Hague
It seems appropriate that my last column of the decade is being written in China. Why? Since 2010 China has added over 150 million urban dwellers: what happens here in the 2020s will impact on the future of the planet.
Latest CIL Watch
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Chiltern and South Bucks Councils - CIL draft charging schedule submitted for examination
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Rushcliffe Council - CIL charging schedule adopted
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Harrogate Council - CIL draft charging schedule submitted for examination
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Arun Council - CIL draft charging schedule submitted for examination
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Havering Council - CIL charging schedule adopted
Policy News & Updates
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Guidance on the Town and Country Planning (Major Residential Development) (Notification) (Wales) Direction 2020
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Over 13,500 affordable homes lost due to PD office conversions, says LGA
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Minister confirms Scottish councils' new planning powers over short-term lets
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What the Brexit withdrawal agreement bill means for planning
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LGA guidance stresses need for legal advice on planning reports to avoid judicial reviews