Permission for Worthing homes quashed by High Court
The High Court has quashed planning permission for more than 450 homes in Worthing borough granted on appeal.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Joint plan for Oxfordshire called off
The five local authorities in Oxfordshire have ended their work on creating a joint plan for the county to 2050 as they could not agree on an approach for planning for future housing needs.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Sunak pledges to block green belt development
Conservative Party leadership contender Rishi Sunak has pledged to stop home building on the green belt, arguing that all development should take place on ‘brownfield, brownfield, brownfield’.
Huw Morris, The Planner
Inspector approves Brighton and Hove plan
Brighton and Hove City Council’s latest plan has been found legally sound and compliant by a planning inspector and will now be considered for formal adoption.
Huw Morris, The Planner
DCO granted for Sizewell C against advice of the Planning Inspectorate
Energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has granted a development consent order (DCO) for Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station after a delay.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Evidence sought on plans to overcome landfill tax ‘burden’
The government has issued a call for evidence for its proposals to ‘remove barriers’ to redevelop land and promote the regeneration of communities.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Changes to legislation that came into force from the start of August 2021 meant that, in a few specific circumstances, what used to be considered eligible as permitted development until the end of July 2021, would no longer be.
Read more…PINS seeks to decide appeals ‘consistently faster’
Despite some decisions being made ‘faster than previous years’, the Planning Inspectorate says that on average, decisions took longer in 2021/22.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Biodiversity crisis is an ‘existential risk’ to human survival
The chief executive of the Environment Agency has warned that the biodiversity crisis, like the climate crisis, is ‘an existential risk to our survival’.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Councils can bid for money to prepare brownfield land for housing
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced that councils can now apply for a share of £180 million from the Brownfield Land Release Fund 2.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Improvements to Stockport hospital approved
Plans for £30 million improvements to Stepping Hill Hospital have been approved by Stockport Council.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Homes England and GMCA form SPP partnership
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Homes England have formed a Strategic Place Partnership (SPP) to test a new model working with the government’s housing and regeneration agency and local authorities
Prithvi Pandya, The Planner
Rural planning faces a plethora of challenges, finds research
In a research paper commissioned by the RTPI, Covid-19, Brexit and the climate crisis have been identified among many issues complicating rural planning across the UK and Ireland.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Cabinet to consider modifications to Calderdale local plan
Main modifications to Calderdale Council’s local plan will be considered next week by its cabinet.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Planning Portal and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) have announced the launch of the National Planning Conference in Birmingham in November 2022.
The two organisations will join forces to curate an interactive two-day conference, bringing together speakers from across the industry to explore cutting-edge ideas in the world of planning today.The conference focus on how the industry can embrace the opportunities in planning reforms taking place across the UK.
Read more…The British Standards Institute has recently released its second draft of the PAS 1948 Code of Practice, which pertains to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the workplace.
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