All planning articles
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FeaturesThe 1.5 million-home question: Does the government鈥檚 planning reform programme add up?
Ministers unleashed a barrage of planning reforms in the dying days of 2024. Joey Gardiner asks if these can聽give the industry the boost it needs to get anywhere close to the government鈥檚 ambitious housebuilding target?
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精东影视New plans in for 17-storey tower over Southwark underground station
AHMM and TfL developer previously had plans approved in 2022
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Features鈥楩rankly, what鈥檚 the alternative?鈥� Turley鈥檚 Stephen Bell applauds the government鈥檚 planning vision
The chief executive of one of the UK鈥檚 largest planning consultants speaks to Tom Lowe about the implications of Labour鈥檚 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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精东影视Grey belt housing delivery will be 鈥榤eaningful but not significant鈥�, says minister
Pennycook tells Lords committee percentage of green belt to be released to be less than 10%聽
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CommentThe new NPPF: the time for waiting is over
There is much to like in the updated planning guidance but ministers should demand that new housing targets are delivered sooner rather than later, writes Paul Smith
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精东影视Rayner to set out 鈥榙evolution by default鈥� plan to give mayors more powers over development
MHCLG white paper to propose local government shake-up and more strategic powers for mayors on housing and transport projects
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精东影视Ministers to be given final say on approving onshore wind schemes under new decarbonisation plan
Proposals also include new power for Ofgem to prioritise projects waiting for a grid connection
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FeaturesUpdated National Planning Policy Framework explained
The government鈥檚 proposed changes to national planning policy saw just a few tweaks from the draft set out in the summer. Daniel Gayne looks at what has stayed and what has been changed
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精东影视NPPF: Government drops 50% affordable housing requirement for grey belt sites
Labour yields to key housebuilder ask as it launches NPPF with 370,000-home mandatory housing target
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精东影视鈥婻ayner announces plan to bypass local committees to stop developments 鈥榞etting stuck in the system鈥�
Housing secretary pledges to remove 鈥榮ubjectiveness鈥� and allow applications to be approved if they follow local plan and NPPF
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精东影视Scheme to turn 1980s Southwark office block into student homes gets planning green light
Job also includes building new community kitchen
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精东影视Rayner puts plans for 43-storey City tower on ice
Stiff & Trevillion鈥檚 Bury House scheme has amassed more than 1,300 objections due to impact on neighbouring grade I-listed Bevis Marks Synagogue
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精东影视PLP鈥檚 Brixton mixed-use scheme gets green light
Project will include homes and workspace for local firms
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精东影视Planning granted for major life sciences cluster in Whitechapel
East End scheme has been masterplanned by Allies and Morrison
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精东影视Architects win planning for Oxford healthcare research centre
Scheme to link two existing buildings with glazed atrium
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精东影视Decision on London towers scheme handed demolition order expected by end of next month
Comer Homes鈥� 200-home site in Woolwich handed enforcement notice last year after breaching planning permission
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精东影视Stalled 拢200m office scheme passes another hurdle as City grants planning approval
Tenter House scheme finally on verge of construction after 27-year development saga
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精东影视Stalled 700-home tower block development gets green light after redesign
Progress for one of the tallest residential schemes in the country four years after original plans were given green light
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精东影视Planning approvals for new homes fall to decade low, Home Builders Federation report shows
Just over 230,000 units granted permission in year to June