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The planning promises expected in the general election manifestos
While the Conservatives' manifesto is likely to continue the current government's focus on the 'beauty' agenda and further planning deregulation to speed up housing delivery, observers predict that Labour will make building affordable homes and land value capture key policy pledges.
The Big Picture: Edinburgh's Christmas controversy
Edinburgh City Council has confirmed an annual Christmas market will be going ahead, even though planning permission will not be granted until the new year.
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How planning shaped: Graven Hill
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Nine things you need to know about the Planning for Housing conference
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Local Plan Watch: Councils react angrily to PINS exam findings
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10 key things that happened this week
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Annual housing delivery tops 240,000 homes to hit 27-year high
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Westminster to submit City Plan with ramped up green and affordable housing policies
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University halls 'being replaced with expensive Instagrammable hotel-style rooms'
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Council housebuilding unlikely to boost delivery enough, warns consultant
- Senior Planner Oxford City Council Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Planning Officer Guildford Borough Council Guildford, Surrey
- Senior Planning Officer (Development Management) Harlow Council Harlow, Essex
- Principal Planning Officer (Development Management) Harlow Council Harlow, Essex
- Forward Planning and Economic Growth Team Manager Mansfield and Ashfield Shared Service Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham
Latest Features & Analysis
How algae are blocking 10,000 planned homes
It has been one year since a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on the environmental impact of nitrates from new developments threw plans for thousands of homes in England into doubt.
How we did it: Achieving biodiversity and 40% social housing
Oxford City Council and developer Grosvenor promise biodiversity net gain and 40 per cent social homes at Barton Park, reports Colin Marrs.
Planning consultancy: the biggest employers and fastest growers 2019
Exclusive: the consultants that employ the most planning professionals, the fastest growing firms and much more.
Planning consultancy: the highest earners, and fee rate changes
The consultants that make the most money from planning work, the firms that charge the highest maximum and lowest minimum rates, and much more.
Latest Comment
Consultants are cautious about the economy, but optimistic about their businesses, by Richard Garlick
Planning consultants are, by and large, much less optimistic about the economy than they were a year ago. 55 per cent of respondents to our 2018 survey of planning consultants said that the economic climate for development would improve over the next 12 months. This year that figure has fallen to 12 per cent.
Hard to gauge the impact of any eventual Brexit on planning and development, by Cliff Hague
With the election in full swing, it remains difficult to know just what form Brexit might take - if indeed it happens. It is even harder to guess what impacts it might have on planning and development.
Legal Viewpoint: How infrastructure levy can bite on relatively modest developments
The Court of Appeal has considered some of the nuts and bolts of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) regime for the first time. The facts illustrate the potential jeopardy faced by developers from provisions that are complex and, at their core, still open to varying interpretations.
Spare a thought for the housebuilder's in-house planner, by Graeme Bell
Nick gulped. The stress of the quarterly review was getting to him. Not that he was a shrinking violet, he regarded himself as a tough cookie, but the worry of having to justify the poor progress of the planning applications was grinding him down.
Five ways in which spatial planning has changed since the 1990s, by Catriona Riddell
I was recently asked by the Women in Planning Network to write about my career and the people who have helped me along the way. This led me to reflect on the differences between spatial planning when I first started out in the 1990s and today.
How to produce a local plan for the digital era, by Euan Mills
Local plans are meant to be the backbone of our "plan-led" planning system. We aspire to create plans that are "succinct and up to date", to "provide a positive vision for the future of each area" and to act as "a platform for local people to shape their surroundings".
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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'Self-certified' Surrey plan review 'should be given no weight', says QC
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NPPF deliverability test puts pressure on green belt sites, says residents' group councillor
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Reviewing and extending permitted development rights: Scottish Government consultation
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Developments of national significance: Welsh guidance updated
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Planning practice guidance updated - Light pollution, Community infrastructure levy, health and safe communities, hazardous substances