A local government reorganisation that takes effect on 1 April 2023 will see structural changes to Local Authorities in Cumbria, North Yorkshire, and Somerset. These will all see the current, separate, district and county level authorities replaced by new larger unitary ones.
Read more…Our planning news is published in association with The Planner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Housing minister announces skills boost for planning authorities
Housing minister Rachel Maclean has announced the allocation of £1 million in funding to recruit more skilled planning professionals to local councils.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Hunt announces 12 ‘refocused’ investment zones
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has committed to establishing 12 investment zones in the Spring Budget (15 March).
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Ports need adapting to deliver floating offshore wind
Eleven UK ports need to be transformed ‘as fast as possible’ into industrial hubs so floating offshore wind can be rolled out at scale.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Our annual service charge increase normally happens on 1 April but has been delayed this year and will be introduced at the same time as our new location plan feature in early May.
This new feature is the next big change to tackle the main causes of invalid applications. The first of which was the introduction in 2018 of the standard payment service for all planning applications in England. This saw a major improvement in efficiency and reduction in the number of applications invalid due to a missing fee.
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There was a total of 49,968 applications submitted through the Planning Portal in February 2023.
Read more…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
Following on from our series of updates about past and future improvements to the Planning Portal, you will already know that we constantly strive to help reduce the number of planning applications which are invalid due to missing information. The introduction of a payment service to the Planning Portal significantly reduced the number of missing payments. Now, inaccurate location plans remain the single biggest cause of invalid applications.
Read more…On 27 February, Planning Portal had the pleasure of celebrating our 20th Anniversary at the House of Lords, sharing the occasion with many of our customers, partners and colleagues who have supported us over the years.
Read more…Our planning news is published in association with The Planner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Government proposes rise in planning fees
The government has published a consultation seeking views on proposals to increase planning fees for all planning applications in England.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Supreme Court protects public green space after five-year legal battle
The Supreme Court has ruled that Shropshire Council cannot allow the development of a Shrewsbury park protected by a 100-year-old statutory trust, in what could be a landmark decision for the protection of public green space.
Ben Gosling, The Planner
Luton Airport DCO submitted to the Planning Inspectorate
A development consent order (DCO) application has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate by Luton Rising, the Luton Council company that owns London Luton Airport.
Prithvi Pandya, The Planner
Today is International Women’s Day, and TerraQuest and Planning Portal want to take this opportunity to shine the spotlight on the many talented women we have working within our organisation.
Without the outstanding contributions of the women who work within the digital industries, neither TerraQuest nor the Planning Portal would be where we are today. The women who work with us have helped to transform the company’s vision over the years and have not only developed but pioneered many of our biggest achievements.
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Mandatory BNG to apply from November 2023
The government has announced that developers in England will be required to deliver 10 per cent biodiversity net gain (BNG) when building housing, industrial or commercial developments from November this year.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Powys chicken farm permission paused over possible ministerial intervention
The Welsh Government has intervened over proposals for a chicken farm near Newtown, which had been backed by Powys County Council members.
Roger Milne, The Planner
Court rules that appellant loses right to appeal if claiming bankruptcy
The High Court has ruled that an individual who has declared bankruptcy cannot pursue a section 289 appeal.
Ben Gosling, The Planner
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