The Budget: what are the implications for planning?
The Budget Report, published yesterday, criticised the planning system, stating that it has “held back investment and created distortions in the way that businesses compete, deterring development and...
View ArticleNew home approvals down… and now MPs challenge Government’s planning reforms
New figures published by the House Builders Federation’s (HBF) reveal that there were only 32,928 approvals for new homes in Britain in the third quarter of 2011 – a 10 per cent fall on the same period...
View ArticleThe NPPF: A new planning era has begun…
The Government has recently published its long-awaited National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The purpose of the NPPF is to streamline planning bureaucracy, by condensing 44 planning policy...
View ArticleAdvice to planners on developing viable Local Plans has been launched
The Local Housing Delivery Group (LHDG), A government-commissioned working group, has called for simpler, more consistent local standards for house building. The LHDG, which was set up last year after...
View ArticleGovernment to relax planning rules for change of use from commercial to...
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published its response to the consultation regarding the relaxation of planning rules for change of use from commercial to residential. In...
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