All articles by David Blackman – Page 2
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Professional
Consensus gathers around plans to reform troubled Community Infrastructure Levy
Nearly eight years after the last Labour government introduced the CIL, the system still isn’t working.
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Professional
Government guidance sets out relaxations to green-belt rules
A consultation paper published in December outlines two key changes to the NPPF.
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Professional
Economic contribution of logistics and big sheds has yet to register
The humble logistics sector has something of an image problem.
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Professional
Proposed reforms in the compulsory purchase system don’t go far enough
Further reform to the way compulsory purchase orders are used is needed to make the system fairer and more efficient.
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Markets
Shed development stymied by out-of-date local plans
In 2007, the credit crunch had yet to curdle into the UK’s most severe post-war recession and the internet accounted for just 2.7% of total retail sales.
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Professional
Can the North East put its differences aside and rise to the devolution challenge?
Local leaders have been relatively slow to seize opportunities presented by George Osborne’s devolution agenda.
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Professional
Planning now seen as biggest barrier to development despite reforms
The results of BPF survey show most applicants are dissatisfied with the length of time a planning application takes.
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Professional
Government sets up review panel to kick-start planning system reforms
The government is taking action to get the planning system working more smoothly to boost housing delivery.
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Professional
Scottish government plans ‘root and branch’ review of planning system
The review will focus on streamlining systems, while eradicating blockages in the decision-making process.
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Professional
Conservatives’ untrailed policy shift stuns the built environment lobby
The government appears to have abandoned its commitment to the zero-carbon standard and Green Deal.
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Professional
Developers in limbo after government delays office-to-resi PDR extension
Delay to extending permitted development rights comes as councils fast-track mitigating measures.
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Insight
Last chance saloon for the UK's planning system
Is George Osborne’s Productivity Plan the right way to tackle the UK’s planning crisis?
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Professional
Businesses prove slow to get involved in planning process
‘An arch-Nimby charter’ is the way many property industry figures saw neighbourhood plans when they were first mooted by the coalition government.
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Professional
Loosening the green belt: a challenge no politician wants to take on
With the UK in desperate need of new housing, it is time for a proper debate on green-belt development?
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Insight
Has the garden city concept gone to seed?
The Lib Dems loved the garden city. The Tories not so much. What now for the concept once hailed as the future?
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Insight
Space: the final frontier for shed developers
What’s good news for shed developers will be less welcome for trampoline fans.
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Insight
Fast-track planning: handle with care
As the economy picks up and shopping habits continue to evolve, it is becoming more difficult to accommodate occupiers’ distribution warehouse needs.
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Markets
Planning on a revolt
The industry has not reacted well to proposed increases in planning fees,
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Markets
Going into reverse
The government is to overhaul the 15-year-old planning policy on development.
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Markets
United front
What would be the result of an English Partnerships-Housing Corporation merger?