Shale gale keeps blowing

David Cameron has confirmed that the Government is ‘going all out for shale’, on a site visit in the Gainsborough […]

By Roy Pinnock

Unspent 106 monies

Freedom of information requests made by the BBC suggest that local authorities in England are holding £1.5bn of unspent section […]

By Katie Scuoler

Achieving local support for major projects is a challenge. Financial commitments under Section 106 TCPA 1990 are little help in […]

By Roy Pinnock

The Bank of England is concerned that Britain is building half as many homes a year as Canada, despite having […]

By Roy Pinnock

Having suggested already that section 123 LGA 1972 (best consideration) and section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 (highways contributions) […]

By Roy Pinnock

In almost all emerging local plans, there is a perceived problem meeting the need for private rented sector (PRS) housing. […]

By Roy Pinnock

The first Neighbourhood Development Order is in progress. Cockermouth Town Council has submitted an NDO to Allerdale Borough Council for […]

By Lucy McDonnell

Almost everyone involved in planning will have a horror story about a difficulty of getting agreement with a highway authority. […]

By Roy Pinnock

There are many parts of the planning and related processes that we could do without – we will look at […]

By Roy Pinnock

Is there an increasingly localist approach to planning in the National Planning Practice Guidance? The new Guidance (which as emphasised […]

By Lucy McDonnell

Community Infrastructure Levy changes confirmed. Regulations are about to be laid (coming into force by the end of January 2014) […]

By Roy Pinnock

The first two parts of this post identified the clear need for new housing and the important role that the […]

By Roy Pinnock