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‘Frankly, what’s the alternative?’ Turley’s Stephen Bell applauds the government’s planning vision

2025-01-03T06:00:00Z

The chief executive of one of the UK’s largest planning consultants speaks to Tom Lowe about the implications of Labour’s final revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework and what needs to be done to achieve 1.5 million homes by the end of this parliament

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Will Labour’s proposed planning changes help to deliver more homes?

2024-08-02T06:00:00Z

This week has been dominated by housing policy including a new towns task force and proposals to build more homes in more places including the green belt. Thomas Lane assesses what implications the proposals may have for new housing supply

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Is altering the green belt the key to solving the UK’s housing crisis?

2018-11-13T14:35:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ of green belt boundaries being altered can often result in an element of local opposition, but amendments to national planning policy provide opportunities for better engagement

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The green belt misconceptions perpetuating the housing crisis

2018-09-19T09:41:00Z

The green belt is the most widely recognised part of the English planning system, but also one of the most widely misunderstood. 

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Half a million homes planned on Green Belt, say campaigners

2018-08-06T06:00:00Z

Group says more brownfield land should be used to meet housing targets

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Government publishes revised National Planning Policy Framework

2018-07-24T13:58:00Z

Consultation results in new rules to empower councils and hit ambitious housebuilding targets

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Rethinking the green belt needn't mean a planning free-for-all

2018-06-15T06:00:00Z

There are plans afoot to reform the planning system, but reforming the green belt won’t necessarily result in the countryside’s disappearance