Repeal of the week
We should repeal all validation requirements other than those relating to a completed standard application form (no local bespoke forms […]
Roy Pinnock
Full bioBID for success
Business Improvement Districts now number over 150. They offer a real local voice for businesses. Some are working towards neighbourhood […]
A Repealing Prospect
There are many parts of the planning and related processes that we could do without – we will look at […]
Nearly Three: teething at an end?
Community Infrastructure Levy changes confirmed. Regulations are about to be laid (coming into force by the end of January 2014) […]
Turn up the volume, three suggestions …
The first two parts of this post identified the clear need for new housing and the important role that the […]
Turn up the volume, part 2
Meeting housing needs is now recognised as a national challenge (see Turn Up the Volume, Part 1). Love or hate […]
Turn up the volume
Despite political demotion, housing delivery is a key issue for planners, politicians and investors. Residential yields are driving interest in […]
Three more little words … “duty to co-operate” this time
Just as examiners have started to bare their teeth about local plans meeting housing need, they have also begun to […]
Three little words
Not location, location, location. Not even Goodbye Mr Prisk. Instead “objectively assessed needs“. There has been a spate of decisions […]
Useful nuggets
The National Planning Policy Guidance has some useful nuggets. There has always been a question about how planning obligations should […]
New planning ‘guidance’
Always remember that this is not new ‘policy’. It is only guidance. It changes nothing. For applications and appeals the […]
Heygate Estate Information Commissioner’s report
The Information Commissioner’s report on a complainant’s request for financial information relating to the Elephant and Castle project raises some […]