Neighbourhood watch
Neighbourhood Planning remains a political priority and is one of the areas for which Planning Policy Guidance has recently been […]
Housing and Planning Bill
Putting the Neighbourhood Plan cart before the Local Plan horse
The Court of Appeal has granted permission for the first Neighbourhood Plan case to be heard by it on appeal. […]
Will LPA shaming and intervention work to incentivise plan making?
In this blog, part of our series on the Government’s technical consultation on implementation of the planning changes (the Consultation), […]
Mind the gap – if Starter Homes survive, there will be blood
The Starter Homes initiative now faces an uphill struggle onto the statute books following setbacks in the House of Lords. […]
Non-starter? New homes proposals are going to shake things up, if they survive
The Government’s Starter Homes proposals have been around for a while – consultation in 2014 led to new policies in […]
Statutory consultee responses: must try harder?
In this blog, part of our series on the Government’s technical consultation on implementation of the planning changes, we discuss […]
Planning application fees: falling short of the target?
In the latest of our series of blogs examining the Government’s technical consultation on implementation of the planning changes, we […]
Neighbourhood planning: full steam ahead?
The Housing and Planning Bill seeks to further the Government’s localism agenda, by speeding up the neighbourhood planning process. The […]
Transparency of financial benefits in planning
The Housing and Planning Bill (Clause 140) proposes to make public, through committee reports, the financial benefits of certain development […]
A better alternative?
The latest of our series focussing on the Housing and Planning Bill considers the controversial Government amendment to “test the […]
Housing and Planning Bill – an uncertain future for social housing (part 2)
VACANT HIGH VALUE LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING (CLAUSES 67-77) What is proposed? The Government will require a payment from Councils with […]
Housing and Planning Bill – an uncertain future for social housing
The Housing & Planning Bill completed the Committee stage in the House of Commons after the New Year with a […]