Our planning news is published in association with ThePlanner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Redevelopment of key Cardiff city centre site shapes up
Developers Rightacres has revealed more details about its Central Quay development earmarked for the former site of Brains Brewery in Cardiff city centre.
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Our planning news is published in association with ThePlanner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
19% increase in applications approved in year to September 2021
District-level planning authorities granted 372,200 decisions in the year ending September 2021 – 19 per cent more than in the year ending September 2020.
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Our planning news is published in association with ThePlanner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
English councils to share £53.9bn in funding
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced that councils in England will receive £53.9 billion in funding for the 2022/23 financial year. This includes £554 million through the New Homes Bonus.
Read more…Khan sets about rewilding London
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a £600,000 Rewild London Fund that seeks to restore London’s ‘most precious’ wildlife sites.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Councils in Staffordshire to work on county deal
Nine councils in Staffordshire have pledged to work together on a county deal with the government under its levelling-up agenda.
The Planner
Welsh Government tells Monmouthshire to cut housing numbers to conform with regional plan
The Welsh Government has asked Monmouthshire Council to lower its housing targets amid concerns that it would conflict with the nation’s wider strategic growth plans.
Simon Wicks, The Planner
It’s nearly time to launch our new planning application service. Our teams are currently working hard to test different areas of the system and to ensure there is minimal impact on users when we transition accounts across.
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November application submissions are often similar to those seen in October and this year has been no exception.
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Calling all architects, contractors, planning consultants, land owners, property developers and project team members!
Nova are currently preparing a report on UK Land Development: State of Play 2022, which will be based on the widest UK audience of contracts developing land projects today – and if you are involved in the land development lifecycle, they’d like to receive your input.
Read more…Further allocation made from brownfield fund
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has made a second £11 million allocation from the £75 Brownfield Land Release Fund.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
‘Succinct’ new Dartmoor local plan is adopted
The local plan, for the period 2018-2036, was voted through at a meeting of the Dartmoor National Park Authority on Friday 3 December.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
14,289 homes delivered between April and September by Homes England
Homes England’s housing programmes resulted in 14,289 completed homes between 1 April and 30 September 2021 – higher than the comparable period in 2020.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Mayor secures housing funding for older and disabled Londoners
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that he has obtained £43.5 million of funding to help to develop specialised housing for older and disabled people in London.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Action on second homes and holiday lets boosted by Senedd pact
A cap on second and holiday homes is one of 46 policy areas in which radical action is promised following a deal struck between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru this week.
Roger Milne, The Planner
Permission for 39 homes granted on appeal quashed by High Court
The High Court has quashed a decision by a planning inspector to allow a developer to build 39 homes near Clitheroe owing to a misunderstanding of policy.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Typically, we would expect to see a rise in the number of applications submitted in October, following the quieter summer period through August and which often extends into September.
However, this year continues to surprise us as October saw a drop in the volume of planning application submissions – both compared to October 2020 and compared to the previous month of September 2021.
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