Planning

By Peter French | 30 April 2019

We must move away from simply 'planning by numbers' when it comes to housing and instead seek to ...

WHITEHALL

Planning system comes under fire from MPs

By Martin Ford | 30 April 2019

The Government’s approach to increasing housebuilding via the planning system has been described ...

Factor inclusivity in from day one

By Paul Hackett | 09 April 2019

Tackling social exclusion cannot end at the planning committee or once legal agreements are signe...

FINANCE

Rule change signalled following London 'social cleansing' accusation

By Martin Ford | 09 April 2019

Local government secretary James Brokenshire has signalled a possible change to the rules to help...

PLANNING

Councillors grill Capita over planning service

By Martin Ford | 08 April 2019

Directors of an outsourced planning service have been taken to task by councillors.

PLANNING

Scrapping permitted development will lead to better quality housing schemes

By Jason Brock | 25 March 2019

Senior researcher at the Fabian Society Jason Brock argues that a broken planning system is harmi...

PLANNING

A solid partnership was key to the new vision for Bracknell

By Marc Brunel-Walker | 20 March 2019

A ‘solid public-private partnership’ was critical to making the masterplan for Bracknell’s transf...

PLANNING

Extracting quality from the Future High Streets Fund

By Bill Grimsey | 19 March 2019

Retail expert Bill Grimsey says the £675m Future High Streets Fund is welcome, but the Government...

PLANNING

Brokenshire announces Accelerated Housing Green Paper

By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019

A Green Paper aiming to speed up the planning process will be published later this year, communit...

PLANNING

Housing minister urges councils to revive HRA building

By Martin Ford | 13 March 2019

Minister Kit Malthouse has expressed a preference for building new homes using Housing Revenue Ac...

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