With just a few months to go until National Planning Conference 2023, we asked Sarah Chilcott, Managing Director of Planning Portal, and Victoria Hills, Chief Executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute, to reflect on the successes of last years’ first ever National Planning Conference, and to give us some key insight into what we can expect from conference this year.
Read more…The Planning Skills Delivery Fund refers to the £24 million of government funding available to local authorities over two years to help with the implementation of the proposed reforms in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.
Read more…As always, we continue to monitor legislative changes and user feedback to help us improve the content on our application service. We have recently made some essential improvements; improving content which was previously causing issues for some users. Details of these changes are highlighted below.
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There was a total of 52,939 applications submitted through the Planning Portal in July 2023.
Read more…A survey conducted by the BAME Planners Network has found that two-thirds of employee respondents felt that they did not have a diverse workforce and that the level of diversity in their workforce did not reflect the community in which the organisation is based. Read more…
A survey has found that six in 10 (60 per cent) people in England favour retaining the green belt as it is – even if it ‘restricts’ the ability to meet housing need. Read more…
A poll has found that 64 per cent of people support developing new electricity grid infrastructure to enable the decarbonisation of the UK economy and to improve energy security. Read more…
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has reconvened the flagship London Housing Delivery Taskforce to consider the ‘growing’ crisis across London and the UK. Read more…
Winchester City Council’s cabinet has approved a revised local development scheme (LDS) for producing the area’s next local plan at a meeting earlier this month (August), citing nutrient neutrality issues amongst the reasons why. Read more…
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