Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
The problem with “Investment Zones”
The big challenge facing the Government’s latest proposal for planning reform.
Notes from the hustings: the end of “Stalinist housing targets”?
Why local housing need numbers aren’t Stalinist. And why they matter.
The basics #12 - “valued landscapes” vs. valued landscapes
What is a “valued landscape” and why does it matter.
#LURB - the end of 5 year housing land supply?
The real problem with 5 year housing land supply.
Ask-a-planorak #10 - Simon Gallagher, Director of Planning at DLUHC
10 questions on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill with the Director of Planning at DHLUC
All change please: the new test at the heart of the “Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill”
The radical change which may spell the end of the presumption in favour of the development plan.
We need a plan: getting old, and the “Levelling Up” White Paper
Why it’s so hard to get excited about another white paper.
Ask-a-planorak #9 - Paul Brocklehurst, Chairman of the Land Promoters & Developers Federation
10 questions with Paul Brocklehurst, Chairman of the LPDF
Levelling Down: notes from the party conferences
What we’ve learned from Brighton and Manchester about the future of planning reform.
Ask-a-planorak #8 - Helen Fadipe, founder of BAME Planners Network
10 questions with Helen Fadipe, the founder of the BAME Planners Network
“Tear it down and start again” - re-shuffles & the slow death of English planning reform
How we’ll know if the next minister is serious about planning reform.
The chosen one: Stonehenge, the Holocaust Memorial & alternative sites
When is a single site just not enough?
Virtual In-Planity: why remote events make planning better
The 2 best things about virtual planning appeals.
Notes from the Green Belt: what’s so very special about Colney Heath?
What the latest appeal decision in Hertfordshire’s Green Belt tells us about the test of “very special circumstances”.