Faith based planning?

In November the Government announced changes to planning policy in relation to the size of schemes that should provide affordable […]

By Roy Pinnock

Fracking planning battles on this year

Progress toward operational onshore shale sites remains slow, but 2015 promises to be an interesting year for consenting, protesting and […]

By Roy Pinnock

Shale gas exploration looks set to face a defining year in the UK as changes to land access rights are […]

By Roy Pinnock

The consistent message from Government is that development and infrastructure is key to improving our recovering economy. The creation of […]

By Michele Vas

The Government has made further changes to the approach to planning obligations in the Planning Practice Guidance on Section 106 […]

By Roy Pinnock

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is still in its early infancy. 45 authorities are charging, 19 authorities are in the twilight […]

By Roy Pinnock

We have already highlighted the varied outcomes from the Government’s ‘Planning Guarantee’ changes to the Planning (Fees etc) Regulations 2012. […]

By Roy Pinnock

DECC have just published “Guidance of Community Benefits from Onshore Wind Developments“. The paper provides some great examples of the […]

By Roy Pinnock

The Green Belt is back in the news. DCLG has updated the NPPG, and included responses to two further questions […]

By Roy Pinnock

The High Court’s decision in Westminster City Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2013] […]

By Rachael Herbert

Less than a year after the introduction of the government’s ‘special measures’ regime for poorly performing local planning authorities, the […]

By Michele Vas

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