Our planning news is published in association with The Planner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
South West council halts discussions on local plan
East Devon District Council has paused discussions on its local plan while the government consults on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), joining a number of other councils to do so.
Laura Edgar and Huw Morris, The Planner
DCO granted for A47 dualling scheme near Peterborough
A scheme by National Highways to construct 2.6km of dual carriageway largely offline of the A47 near Peterborough has been granted a development consent order (DCO) by transport minister Huw Merriman.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Wales ‘raises the bar’ on road building projects
The deputy climate change minister for Wales, Lee Waters, has set out the country’s direction for the future of transport in Wales, putting climate change at the heart of decision-making.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
There was a total of 48,107 applications submitted through the Planning Portal in January 2023.
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In 2022, we built the foundations of our new application service, allowing us to expand, add new features and improve functionality. A year on from the launch of the in-house developed Planning Portal, we have continually improved the system to benefit all our users. Of course, we won’t stop here – there are many more enhancements in the pipeline, so look out for updates about what is ahead.
Read on to see the changes we have made over the last 12 months…
Read more…Our planning news is published in association with The Planner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Khan orders second staircases for tall residential applications
All planning applications for residential buildings above 30 metres must now include a second staircase under a move by London mayor Sadiq Khan.
Huw Morris, The Planner
Planning applications achieve 84 per cent success rate
Almost 24,500 planning applications were made across the UK on average each month in 2022 with 84 per cent of them securing permission, according to an analysis.
Huw Morris, The Planner
London council seeks to create design panel
Westminster City Council has announced plans to launch a design review panel for major developments.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Our planning news is published in association with ThePlanner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Government aims to create and restore 500,000 hectares of wildlife habitats
Environment secretary Dr Thérèse Coffey has set out the government’s Environmental Improvement Plan 2023, which commits the government to creating and restoring at least 500,000 hectares of wildlife habitats.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Framework for greener cities set out
Natural England has launched a new tool to increase green cover in towns and cities to 40 per cent.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Industrial estate plans approved in the Midlands
Coventry City Council has granted planning permission for plans to transform Stonebridge Trading Estate on Rowley Drive.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Darlington garden village gets £43 million
Homes England has invested £43 million into Burtree Garden Village, Darlington.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Government issues six-week cladding deadline to developers
Developers have six weeks to sign the legally binding contracts that commit them to pay to repair unsafe buildings.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Plans for regeneration of Oxpens site submitted
OXWED LLP has lodged plans with Oxford City Council for the regeneration of the Oxpens site into a mixed-use neighbourhood.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
We have been busy working with our colleagues at TerraQuest on an extensive package of improvements to the Planning Portal, which we plan to implement on 9 February. Some of these changes will notably enhance how our regular customers use the system, other changes may not be so noticeable but we are sure will be welcomed by many.
Read more…Planning Portal have worked with the Greater London Authority to update several of the specific question sets that capture additional information in application submissions. This information helps to provide a more detailed picture of the development across the capital and facilitate monitoring of London Plan policy objectives. The following updates to Greater London Authority specific questions will be made in early February.
Read more…We have listened to user feedback around the process of copying applications and are pleased to be able to improve this function with more flexibility and information where needed.
The feature will be available in early February, and we will monitor feedback and look to deliver further improvements going forward.
Read more…Following the launch of our new platform and the latest (v3) version of our data standard last year, we are now updating all but one of our questions that refer to Use Classes to ensure the options provided match current legislation. We plan to implement this update on 9 February.
Note that we encountered an issue when updating our ‘Non-Residential Floorspace’ question. It will be updated separately in a future release to ensure that this is resolved.
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