Rolling posts on UK planning law & policy
#Planoraks Summer Quiz 2025: the worst planning article… *ever*?
Beauty, Donald Trump and Simon Jenkins - oh my!
Floods, puddles and “strong” refusals
3 big appeals on flood risk and “strong reasons to refuse” permission.
London calling: the big change in the next London Plan
The first strategic review of London’s green belt… ever.
Winter notes: anti-woke enforcers, and news from the planning courts
3 recent Court of Appeal decisions not to miss.
🏆 The #Planoraks 2024 - the new NPPF 🏆
The nominations are in… and there’s a late entry…
#NPPF2024 - what we thought about… (2) housing numbers
Return of the mutant algorithm wars.
#NPPF2024 - what we thought about… (1) the “Grey Belt”
10,000 responses later, the picture is beginning to emerge. And it's grey.
#PlanningReformDay 2024 - “a war on Britain’s planning system”?
It’s all kicking off…
Election 2024: what’s *new* about New Towns?
What are Labour’s plans for new towns, and will they work?
#Plan-ifestoes 2024: how many houses?
What joys the parties have in store for housebuilding.
The basics #18 - planning barristers, Linkedin, and the “cab rank” rule
The role and responsibility of barristers on social media.
Ask-a-planorak #11 - Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation
10 quick-hit questions with Kate Henderson, the Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation.
This is not just *any* judgment: M&S in the High Court
This week’s High Court judgment on carbon and the M&S store on Oxford Street.
Buildin’ in the Rain: flood risk in the courts
Notes on a new High Court judgment on flood risk policy.