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Annually produced references guide focussing on key planning sectors
Each of the guides in this section consider the policy, legal, demographic and social issues driving the performance of planners in the sector. Readers will also find best practice case studies and the details of key references sources made available during the year of publication.
Topical reports and discussion documents
Here’s where you can access the best of the reports and case studies published within the planning sector, as filtered and curated by The Planner team. The original research work that often goes on to provide the starting point for our features can be accessed here.
A daily feed of important legal cases and planning appeal decisions
Readers can quickly avail themselves of the most important and interesting decisions, typically posted to this section within a day of their publication. You can expect a concise explanation of the context and the reasons for the decisions, as well as a direct link to the relevant planning appeal decision letter.
Listen in to the topical planning debates
Planner editors and specialists come together to discuss the topics of the day in our webinars, and you’re invited to listen on demand to the hour-long events. (Note - you’ll be asked to register before getting to hear the content).
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15.01.2021Decision article
Despite acknowledging the 'very poor' physical condition of a building in Yorkshire and the appellant's failure to make it watertight, an inspector...
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15.01.2021Decision articlebuilding design, Design, Grand Designs, Heritage, Housing, housing mix, inquiry, listed buildings, London, museum, Regeneration, Regeneration, tall buildings
A developer’s plan to deliver 258 new homes on a 0.7-hectare site in South London has been blocked following a public inquiry, after an inspector labelled...
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15.01.2021Decision articleInfrastructure - Energy, renewable energy, Rural, scenic beauty, Scotland, scottish ministers, wind energy, wind farm
Plans for a major wind farm in the Scottish Southern Uplands have been blocked by the Scottish ministers, who agreed with a reporter’s finding that the...
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15.01.2021Decision articleGreen Belt, Heritage, historic significance, Leisure & Tourism, logistics, military, tourism, very special circumstances, West Midlands
Plans have been approved to convert Drakelow Tunnels, the largest underground space in the UK open to the public, into a warehouse for 10,000 tonnes of...
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15.01.2021Decision article
An inspector has quashed enforcement action against works that altered a double-height concert room installed in the listed coach house of a...
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15.01.2021Decision article
Plans for a new McDonald’s near a primary school in Mansfield can go ahead, after an inspector ruled that younger children were likely to be accompanied...
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15.01.2021Decision article
Plans for eight flats that would adjoin a community-run listed theatre in Wallingford would put it at ‘significant risk’ of noise complaints that could...
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08.01.2021Decision article
A homeowner's plan to disguise a garage extension by covering it in planting failed to persuade an inspector, who ruled that the scheme would appear '...
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08.01.2021Decision article
An inspector has refused plans for 15 self-build homes in the Gloucestershire green belt, ruling that the homes would be ‘functionally and visually...
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08.01.2021Decision articlebuilding design, Business & Enterprise, conservation area, Design, Grade II listed, Heritage, listed building, South West, student accommodation, WHS
Plans for the redevelopment of an industrial area in Bath to provide student flats and high-tech employment space can go ahead, after an inspector...
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