The Planning Portal is in the unique position of receiving around 90 per cent of all planning applications submitted to Local Planning Authorities across England and Wales. Each month, we assess and publish this data in our Planning Market Insight Report. May’s report took a deep dive into Advertisement consent applications.
Read more…Government urged to consider flooding in planning bill
Flood Re and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have called on the government to make sure that new homes are not built in areas at risk of flooding.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
MPs to investigate how rural productivity can be boosted
An inquiry to explore how the rural economy can be boosted in a post Covid-19 world has been launched by a group of cross-party MPs and peers.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Housing divide between young and old widens due to Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated housing inequalities between the young and old, according to recent research.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
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Read more…More than a million homes waiting to be built, suggests analysis
Analysis suggests that there are at least 1.1 million homes in England with planning permission that have yet to be built.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Welsh Labour ends one short of Senedd majority
Welsh Labour won 30 seats in the Senedd election – one short of an outright majority.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Office space in Wandsworth approved
Wandsworth Borough Council has granted planning permission for a 12-storey, 240,000-square-foot office building on the site of Royal Mail’s former South London depot in Nine Elms.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
It is now over a year since the first national lockdown, during which we saw the number of planning applications submitted plummet. In this month’s Planning Market Insight Report we have taken the opportunity to look back over the last year and see how far we have come. Throughout 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, we saw application patterns change dramatically, defying all seasonal trends and far surpass previous years in terms of the number of applications submitted. We are now questioning whether these trends have settled back down, now that there is some sense of normality back in our lives.
Over the last five years we have seen submission rates of planning applications drop off throughout April. We thought this year may be different, but in line with previous years, April 2021 saw 65,357 applications submitted, down from 77,289 in March of this year. Having analysed this data, we have concluded that there are a few reasons as to why this may be.
Read more…High Court spurns bid to continue virtual planning meetings
A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge that sought to continue local authority remote meetings beyond 6 May.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Guide: Biodiversity must be studied early in planning process
Biodiversity should be considered at the earliest stages of planning for residential development in order to encourage wildlife to live there and help to reverse habitat decline, according to a guide published 27 April.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Deal required for net-zero homes, says report
The government has been urged to commit to making every social home in the UK as energy-efficient as possible by 2030.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Task force launched for digital planning
An independent panel has been launched with the intention to promote an integrated digitally informed approach of town and country planning.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Government funding to help people build their own homes
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced £150 million in government funding to make it easier and more affordable for people to build their own homes.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Peatlands and native woodlands are best for carbon storage
Peatlands and native UK woodlands have the greatest capacity to store carbon, according to research by Natural England.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
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Read more…UK’s native woodlands in ‘poor’ ecological condition
Native woodlands in the UK are ‘isolated and in poor ecological condition’, with just 7 per cent in good ecological condition, according to a report by the Woodland Trust.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Ease of access for SMEs would diversify housing supply
A think tank has suggested that changing permissions to delivery contracts could help to deliver more homes and improve access to the open market for small and medium-sized (SME) companies in England to diversify housing supply.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Developer withdraws legal action against Norwich regeneration scheme
Developer Weston Homes and site owners Columbia Threadneedle have withdrawn a High Court challenge against the housing secretary’s decision to reject plans to redevelop Anglia Square in the centre of Norwich.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Government announces a Towns Fund Deal for Truro
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out a £23.6 million deal for Truro, Cornwall, that is intended to boost the local economy, create jobs and improve skills in the area.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Permission sought to redevelop former Kent power station
Energy company Uniper has submitted an outline planning application to Medway Council for a mixed-use development on the site of the former Kingsnorth power station.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Government agency seeks affordable housing partners
Homes England is seeking ambitious strategic partners that can deliver affordable housing at scale.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
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