WHITEHALL

Ministers set to water down planning proposals

By Chris Mahony | 15 September 2021

Speculation is growing that ministers are preparing to water down their proposed planning reforms.

PLANNING

Out of whack

14 September 2021

Poor old Swale BC. The Kent-based district was clearly trying to improve its planning application...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Councils ask for national support on climate change

By Martin Ford | 14 September 2021

Councils have said they stand ready to take action to reduce carbon emissions, but require action...

PLANNING

Blackpool threatens action over asylum hotel plans

By Laura Sharman | 10 September 2021

Blackpool Council has warned planning permission will be required to use a hotel to house hundred...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Planning's darkest hour?

By Hugh Ellis | 09 September 2021

Hugh Ellis and Dan Stone ask why England’s national planning policy does not prioritise action on...

FINANCE

Council leader warns of 'serious risks' over local plan withdrawal

By Chris Mahony | 07 September 2021

Rutland CC’s decision to withdraw its local plan leaves it facing ‘serious risks,’ the authority’...

PLANNING

Cumbria suffers 'loss of trust and reputational damage'

By Martin Ford | 02 September 2021

Cumbria CC has suffered from a breakdown in trust following an error in a planning application fo...

WHITEHALL

Report attacks councils' 'shameful' undermining of Right to Build laws

By Martin Ford | 23 August 2021

Some authorities have been ‘subverting’ legislation designed to encourage self-built homes, an in...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Croydon returns to drawing board on regeneration plans

By Naomi Larsson | 17 August 2021

The council maintains delayed plans to develop a Westfield shopping centre are going ahead, despi...

PLANNING

Planning for posterity

By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2021

If we want to ensure the younger generation doesn’t miss out on housing opportunities, the focus ...

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