New and immediate mandatory housing targets for councils have come into force alongside a “common sense” approach to the green belt through the updated National Planning Policy Framework.
Government plans to overhaul “the creaking local planning committee system” need to be backed up by resources, an expert has warned after Angela Rayner set out her reform ambitions.
It is arguably an “abdication of responsibility” to not have a local plan in place setting out the communities’ needs, according to England’s former chief planner Steve Quartermain.
Auditors have raised “serious concerns” over the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s finances, and pointed to an at-risk development scheme that could destabilise the authority.
The government hopes £650,000 of funding will improve efficiency and create a “supersquad” at a shared planning service, improving already-good outcomes locally as well as benefitting ...
Local housebuilding targets are to become mandatory as part of an overhaul of the planning system to help deliver the government’s target of 1.5m new homes by 2029.
Raising planning fees will do little to alleviate the current issues in the planning system without also changing how decisions are made, experts have warned.
Large increases to planning fees could give an “essential boost to over-stretched planners” and help them get through lengthy case backlogs and speed up development, experts have said in reaction to...
The UK government's planning white paper underestimates the complex relationship between new homes and the communities they are built in, says Dr Alison Knight.
Proposed planning reforms announced today could raise more money for affordable homes and infrastructure by replacing the current system of developer contributions, according to the government.
Council leaders have called for greater compulsory purchase powers after analysis showed less than 60% of granted planning permissions have been completed since 2009-10.
High streets are in a state of “emergency” as retail planning applications to district councils in England have nearly halved since 2015, a network group has said.
