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What each of the 67 authorities is doing: a council-by-council breakdown
The actions planned to tackle housing under-delivery, and the causes cited, by 67 councils in under-performing areas. Click on the council's name to view the action plan in question.
Another View
Planning's cartoonist casts his eye over the month's news.
Councils' action plans on housing delivery are a mine of essential information, by Richard Garlick
In this edition, we publish the results of our survey of councils' action plans for increasing the delivery of housing.
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Why the housing minister has told a council whose plan has just been found sound to focus on brownfield development
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The Big Picture: Social housing scheme scoops Stirling Prize
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What new design guidance means for planners
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Neighbourhood Watch: First ever injunction blocking plan referendum secured
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10 key things that happened this week
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The most common approaches to boosting housing delivery revealed by the action plans
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The most common causes of housing under-delivery, according to action plans
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Latest Features & Analysis
Councils' housing delivery test action plans: The opportunities and strategies in 67 key plans
Councils in areas that aren't delivering enough homes have produced action plans explaining how they will tackle the problem. We reveal which authorities plan to release more sites, which intend to boost planning department resources, and much more.
The Planning Briefing: Five key Planning Practice Guidance changes
How government planning advice changed this summer, and what it means for you. By Colin Marrs.
How injunctions banning unauthorised traveller sites are impacting provision
On Tuesday 3 September, around 100 vehicles made their way through the Surrey countryside before stopping at Epsom Common and Horton Country Park, where the occupants set up camp.
Last of the chief planning officers
Richard Morris of Sevenoaks Council is one of the few remaining heads of planning service who reports directly to their authority's chief executive. Why are they now so rare?
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Planning lessons from the Commonwealth, by Cliff Hague
Some excellent, imaginative planning is being done in several Commonwealth countries.
Legal Viewpoint: Keeping an eye on the time in prior approval applications
The High Court has confirmed that local planning authorities do not have the power to extend the determination period for prior approval applications where the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) specifies a deadline for determination.
Planners are accessories to today's housing crimes, by Graeme Bell
The yacht lurches, the mooring lines groan, the halyards slap noisily against the mast, rain lashes the pontoon. I write this from the cabin of a yacht on the south coast, storm bound as the last knockings of Hurricane Lorenzo pass through.
The urban design elite needs to make better use of data, by Euan Mills
Architecture and design are often misconstrued as being the most subjective areas in the shaping of the built environment. Finding consensus on what 'good looks like' has always been challenging.
Community developer partnerships warrant further investigation, by Chris Brown
Think tank Demos launched a report recently, funded by Nationwide Building Society, entitled People Powered Planning. There was some interesting core research which provided statistical evidence that older, male, homeowners are by far the most likely demographic to engage with the planning system.
Legal Viewpoint: Relief and despair in court ruling on scheme revisions
In 1066, King Harald Hardrada won the Battle of Fulford before being beaten by King Harold at Stamford Bridge. In 2007, planning permission was granted for up to 700 houses on the alleged site and battle resumed, this time between the developers and the local parish council.
Latest CIL Watch
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Rushcliffe Council - CIL charging schedule adopted
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Arun Council - CIL draft charging schedule submitted for examination
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Havering Council - CIL charging schedule adopted
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Hounslow Council - Review CIL preliminary draft charging schedule published
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Chiltern and South Bucks Councils - Joint CIL draft charging schedule published