Jenrick commits cash for 45,000 homes
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has committed £1.3 billion to deliver up to 45,000 homes, create 85,000 jobs, upgrade skills and improve infrastructure as part of government plans to deliver a green economic recovery from Covid-19.
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Industry supports planning reforms outlined by housing secretary
Reforms outlined by housing secretary Robert Jenrick have been broadly welcomed by the built environment industry, but they warn that quality must not be compromised.
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Interactive roadmap seeks to aid improvement of town centres
The Better Towns Roadmap consortium has launched an interactive roadmap to help to ‘transform’ towns across the UK.
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Join us for our first Webinar where myself, Scott Alford, and expert analyst, Jonathan Fincher, will share insight and analysis covering COVID-19 and its impact on planning application submissions.
Tomorrow, Thursday 6th August, I’ll be presenting some interesting insights from our Planning Market Insight Reports where we have analysed trends and reviewed the impact that COVID-19 has had upon planning application submission over recent months.
MPs propose that planning fees should be set locally
The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has recommended that the ability to set planning fees should be devolved to local authorities, with a national minimum rate.
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South East in transport devolution bid
Transport for the South East has submitted a bid to the government to become a statutory body so that it can accelerate investment in sustainable transport.
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District councils concerned about meeting housing targets
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has called on the government to take a pragmatic approach to support councils and amend existing planning guidelines as planning authorities are concerned about delivering their housing targets owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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We’re excited to announce that after months of hard work, our parent company TerraQuest have launched their new look website yesterday (28 July), taking the first step into launching their new brand identity.
The brand updates have been implemented to show the progression of TerraQuest since it was established in 1972, retaining the core company messaging whilst modernising, helping them to become industry leaders within their sector.
Council wins legal challenge against Planning Inspectorate
A decision by the Planning Inspectorate to grant outline permission on appeal for nine dwellings on Station Road in Fordham has been quashed by the High Court.
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Principles identified to build the homes of the future
Twenty ‘key principles’ have been identified and published in a report to inform the second stage of the Home of 2030 competition.
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International competition launched to design railway stations
Network Rail and RIBA Competitions have launched an international competition to design how Britain’s railway stations will look in the future.
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At the Planning Portal we have been assessing recent planning application submission data in our Market Insight Report, allowing us to analyse trends and review the impact that COVID-19 has had upon planning and building and how this effects other industry sectors.
Our previous reports from May and June showed a huge decline in applications across the months of April and May, with an 18.5% and 14% decrease in submissions respectively when compared to the same months in 2019. However, there has been an enormous resurgence in applications for the month of June, with an increase of 21% compared to 2019.
New government legislation, coming into effect on 1 August 2020, will look to ensure that all new dwellings built under permitted development rights provide their occupants with adequate natural light.
We are updating several areas of our online service for Prior Approval applications to account for these changes.
Government legislates to ensure all permitted development properties have natural light
Housing minister Christopher Pincher has laid regulations before Parliament to legislate that homes delivered through permitted development rights must have windows.
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Climate crisis compliance accountability needed
Planning decision-makers should be held to account when it comes to compliance with the climate change duty, according to a new report.
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Government extends affordable homes scheme
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced that the Affordable Homes Programme will be extended until March 2023.
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Registration for places at the Planning Portal Virtual Conference 2020 is now open, with early bird tickets available for only £75 +VAT, and free to attend for public sector officials.
The conference will take place from 16 – 19 November and will provide 12 hours of content over the four-day event, including speakers and panel discussions covering the most important topics effecting planning and building. The agenda will include planning reform, zero carbon targets, and technology in both development management and in the planning process.
Johnson outlines plans to change the use classes order
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out new regulations that will see buildings and land changing use without planning permission, with a policy paper due in July outlining how ‘England’s seven-decade-old planning system will be reformed for modern society’.
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Risk that social value is spread too thin in construction, finds report
The lack of a common definition of what constitutes social value means there is a high risk of it ‘becoming too diffuse and lacking focus’, according to a report published by the Institute of Economic Development (IED).
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Regenerate the countryside to regenerate the economy, says CPRE
A countryside charity has called on the government to ensure that everyone has access to green space, after the early period of total lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 highlighted the inequalities surrounding who has access to it.
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