Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
#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.
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.
Beauty on the South Bank
What the Secretary of State’s approval of a scheme on the south bank of the Thames tells us about the debate over “beauty” in the planning system.
The basics #16 - why *4 year* housing land supply doesn’t mean what you may think
A primer on the Government’s new “4 year housing land supply” policy.
#PlanningReformDay 2023 - what just happened?
You’d better watch out. You’d better not cry.
🏆 The #Planoraks 2023 - worst planning reform of the year 🏆
The nominations are in. It’s time for the biggest prize of the year.
Autumn notes: new Act, new minister, no plan(s)
The Levelling Up Act, our new planning minister, and the chronic failure to adopt plans in England.
Summer madness: what have you missed?
From M&S to 2nd staircases to nutrient neutrality - a summary of a jam-packed summer.
The basics #15 - rivers, embargoes and Brexit
What the High Court told us last week about nutrient neutrality post-Brexit.