Simon Wicks

Appeal: Jenrick dismisses 700-home scheme for harm to listed farmhouse

08.11.2019

Robert Jenrick has dismissed a 700 home scheme in Hampshire, ruling that a healthy housing supply in the area meant that its public benefits would not outweigh harm to a grade II listed farmhouse...

Appeal: Poultry farm scuppered by risk to gliders

08.11.2019

Simon Wicks

Plans for a poultry farm next to an airfield used by a gliding club have been dismissed after an aviation expert said its buildings would “substantially reduce” the chance of a safe forced landing following...

World Town Planning Day turns 70

08.11.2019

Simon Wicks

Campaigning & Advocacy | Carlow Maria Della Paolera | International | Professional Development | World Town Planning Day

November 8 2019 is the 70th World Town Planning Day. Where does it come from, and what's going on this year?

New rights will compound the 'disaster' of permitted development, says RTPI

01.10.2019

Simon Wicks

New rights to allow two-storey upwards extensions on family homes without planning permission will 'compound the problem' of low quality housing created under previous extensions to permitted development rights, the RTPI has stressed.

'By gracious approval': 60 years of chartered planners

28.09.2019

Simon Wicks

It’s 60 years since the Town Planning Institute was awarded a Royal Charter. How has planning changed in the intervening decades, and what does being a chartered member mean to planners? Matt Moody and Simon...

Pages