All Planning articles – Page 3
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NewsNPPF: Government drops 50% affordable housing requirement for grey belt sites
Labour yields to key housebuilder ask as it launches NPPF with 370,000-home mandatory housing target
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OpinionPlanning more clearly is the way to delegate decision-making
Nicholas Boys Smith explores how collaboration, clarity, and existing legislation could help ensure the planning system works for all
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OpinionHeritage, sustainability, and dysfunction: the lessons of the M&S decision
The drawn-out battle over M&S’s Oxford Street site reflects systemic planning failures that must be addressed
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OpinionLabour must deliver on its promised planning reforms to drive economic growth
The Office for Budget Responsibility seems unconvinced about Starmer’s growth agenda, but crucially it did not take into account the economic impact of the government’s proposed planning changes, writes Paul Smith
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OpinionBudget 2024: “Invest, invest, invest!” Is increased investment enough to deliver on Labour’s housing pledges?
Labour’s latest Budget underscores investment as key to housing growth, but will the measures go far enough to tackle critical shortfalls in planning and local government support, asks Alex Govier
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OpinionStriking the balance: Retrofit priorities through a planner’s lens
While the need to avoid demolition is more urgent than ever, there are many challenges to overcome before a building can be retained. The new government could do much to improve the current system, writes Avison Young’s Laura Jenkinson
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NewsFunding for planners is a Budget priority, say housebuilders
Knight Frank survey reveals market’s wish-list for chancellor Rachel Reeves
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OpinionCreating places and spaces where children and young people thrive
Gemma Hyde explains how the TCPA and its partners in the built environment sector have been working to reclaim space for children and young people
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OpinionOMH, BNG is not working!
David Rudlin explores how biodiversity net gain regulations are clashing with housing growth goals
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OpinionMaking Richmount Gardens garden-less: What a post-war Blackheath scheme can tell us about our infill addiction
As infill developments surge in response to London’s housing crisis, the case of Richmount Gardens highlights the costs to community spaces and social infrastructure, writes Trevor Morriss
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NewsDuty to cooperate should not be a ‘charter for blockers’ says Oxford council leader after inspectors reject draft local plan
Planning Inspector finds city failed to properly consult nearby authorities
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NewsRayner ditches review into London Plan ordered by predecessor Gove
Housing secretary says decision will enable ‘partnership approach’ with City Hall
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OpinionCan design codes help to create 1.5 million high-quality homes?
Design codes offer a pathway to sustainable housing development in line with new planning goals, writes Matilda Agace
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OpinionLet’s turn the ‘grey belt’ green
Can the new ‘grey belt’ concept provide a pathway to sustainable housing without sacrificing the green belt, asks Jerry Tate
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NewsMinisters seek views on brownfield planning passport scheme to speed up development
MHCLG issues policy paper and call to evidence on first day of Labour party conference
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NewsGovernment gives go-ahead to 350-home Cockfosters station development
Scheme designed by Mae and Hawkins\Brown had been put on hold by previous government
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OpinionFrom green to grey: How the grey belt could steer development towards the wrong places
David Rudlin on why the most sustainable places to build may not always be in the grey belt
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NewsGlasgow launches public consultation on tall buildings policy
City council invites feedback on draft tall buildings policy aimed at guiding Glasgow’s urban growth
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NewsCampaigners launch legal challenge against Perkins & Will’s 196-home Bristol zoo scheme
The Bristol Zoological Society says judicial review has “no merit” after taking independent legal advice