28 March 2018
Planning magazine reports that earlier this month, the government announced an expansion of the four-year-old permitted development (PD) right that allows the conversion of farm buildings into homes without the need for planning permission. Read more
Planning news
22 March 2018
Planning magazine reports that the draft planning practice guidance (PPG) issued in the wake of this month's NPPF review has allayed suspicions in some quarters that the government's standard method for calculating councils' objectively assessed housing need would be watered down. Read more
Planning news
15 March 2018
In an article in Planning magazine Catriona Riddell, strategic planning specialist at the Planning Officers Society, says "Deal-making appears to be the government's preferred approach to securing housing delivery. Read more
Planning news
15 March 2018
Planning magazine reports that five years ago, in the wake of a string of legal challenges, the government lifted a statutory requirement introduced in 2003, under the General Development Procedure Order 1995, for local planning authorities to summarise their reasoning in reaching planning decisions. Read more
Planning news
15 March 2018
Planning magazine reports that a number of recent Secretary of State decisions in which the harm caused by development proposals has been judged to outweigh the benefits, even though the councils in question could not show a five-year supply of housing land. Read more
Planning news
08 March 2018
The powers heralded in last year's Neighbourhood Planning Act came into effect on 15 January via new regulations, and enables the Secretary of State to invite a county council in a two-tier authority area to take over the production of a local plan. Read more
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