All Planning & policy articles
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News
Labour will support cross-boundary strategic planning, says Pennycook
The shadow housing minister also discussed the need for an enforceable housing target.
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Levelling-up delays ‘absolutely astonishing’, parliamentary watchdog finds
The Public Accounts Committee found no compelling examples of what levelling up has delivered so far.
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Campaigners plot legal challenge to £700m ITV South Bank studios redevelopment
The scheme has just successfully emerged from an 18-month judicial review process led by Michael Gove
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Gove intervenes on London Plan to boost housing delivery
The housing secretary has told London mayor Sadiq Khan that the plan is holding back housebuilding in the capital.
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Online
BentallGreenOak takes second swing at rejected City scheme
Developer has lowered the height of the scheme following criticism from Historic England and Historic Royal Palaces
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M&S given three weeks to update Gove on flagship store plans
The retail giant has the opportunity to resubmit plans to rebuild its Oxford Street store.
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Peter Bill on Labour’s new housing gameplan
Guardian 9 March: Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet will meet top civil servants in Whitehall before Easter as Labour prepares to form the next government. That post-Easter conversation imagined: Treasury mandarin to DLUHC permanent secretary Sarah Healey: “Anything we need to worry about?”
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Insight
Unpicking Hunt’s axing of MDR
End of multiple dwellings relief solves abuse of the system but could also cripple legitimate investors.
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News
Why Help to Buy must be resurrected
While the chancellor delivered several welcome tax cuts in the Spring Budget, there was a disappointing absence of support pledged for prospective homebuyers.
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Government to stop councils keeping 100% of Right to Buy receipts
Right to buy funds have reportedly contributed £180m to £200m to councils’ housing budget each year.
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Professional
Developers remain in the dark on new BSA rules
With new Building Safety Act provisions set to come into force on 6 April, developers say they still lack clarity on what specifically is expected from them and their contractors.
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Professional
What does the future hold for Russian-owned assets in the UK?
Government is under pressure to seize these assets and put them to good use.
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News
HM Land Registry launches consultation on its fees structure
The organisation is seeking views on the principles upon which fees are charged.
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Government outlines early release of site for Euston station HS2 development
Documents outline the next steps in privately financing the HS2 station at Euston.
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Dame Kate Barker to lead commission into England’s housing shortage
The working party will focus on four issues connected to residential development.
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Lord Banner to lead major infrastructure project delivery review
DLUHC has announced that the planning barrister will investigate the streamlining of processes.
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DLUHC launches consultation on accelerating planning
The department will seek views on new performance measures and extensions of time.
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News
Road to net zero gets bumpy as political U-turns on green pledges increase
Political U-turns on green pledges and investor withdrawals from ESG funds threaten progress to net zero.
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News
The UK housebuilding crisis urgently needs a planning reform
A system that allows developments that comply with the rules to get built would boost housebuilding rates
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Insight
In Conversation With Hollis: Planning changes power up the case for solar panels
Now is the time to invest in solar panels in light of planning changes and attractive pricing, says Hollis’s Stuart Patience.