Planning Portal News: 23 June 2016

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Ministers publish new garden settlement prospectus
Further guidance published for the government’s Locally-Led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities scheme stressing the importance of community support for proposals…

Great North Plan mooted by RTPI and IPPR North
Blueprint seeks to turn the concept of a Northern Powerhouse into a reality by focusing on key industries and themes…

New-look York local plan makes waves
York’s emerging local plan continues to make progress with councillors set to approve a new preferred sites document…

Clark blocks Cambridgeshire solar farm projects
Two solar farm developments for the same site are refused on appeal, in both cases Clark concluded the solar farms would represent inappropriate development in a green belt location…

Revised Buckinghamshire local plan proposes garden town and a new settlement
Draft Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan to be considered by full council before going out for public consultation…

Planning round-up 23 June 2016
– Latest quarterly planning application figures
– Inquiry into M4 extension around Newport announced
– Builders warn of capacity constraints to meet new homes targets
– Report looks at how city-regions can deliver more affordable housing
– Bracknell Forest gears up for new local plan
– Green light for Congleton link road
– Manchester housing project
– And more stories…

Roger Milne