Planning news – 16 March 2023

Our planning news is published in association with The Planner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Money to deliver new building safety standards announced
The government is to allocate £42 million over the next three years to support the delivery of new standards for managing building safety for higher-risk buildings set out in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Laura Edgar, The Planner

Masterplan for Earls Court outlined
The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) has published a draft masterplan for the redevelopment of a largely derelict 40-acre site in Zone 1 London.
Laura Edgar, The Planner

8,500 garden village homes approved
East Herts District Council has granted planning permission for 8,500 homes delivered across six garden villages.
Laura Edgar, The Planner

Permission sought for more than 300 homes in Milton Keynes
An application for 355 ‘sustainable’ homes has been submitted to Milton Keynes City Council.
Laura Edgar, The Planner

No ministerial intervention in key Cardiff Bay developments
Hybrid planning applications – part of a masterplan and a full application – for key development in the Butetown area of Cardiff Bay have been formally approved now ministers have decided not to intervene and call them in.
Roger Milne, The Planner

News round-up
– Elan Homes draws up housing application in Bewdley
– Views sought on built environment carbon assessment
– UKSPF project applications opens
– 250 Nottinghamshire homes approved
– £173m housing upgrade plans approved in Edinburgh
– And more stories…
Laura Edgar and Prithvi Pandya, The Planner