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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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02.12.2020Decision article
A 131-home proposal for a ‘green wedge’ in Caerphilly has failed to meet the ‘very exceptional circumstances’ required of such a development even though...
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02.12.2020Decision article
A single-storey office building for a local construction firm has been allowed because of its rural economic and social benefits, despite being beyond...
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02.12.2020Decision article
Planning permission and listed building consent have been granted to a single-storey lean-to extension on a grade II listed building in a North Yorkshire...
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02.12.2020Decision article
Outline planning permission has been granted for up to 24 homes in a Kent village after an inspector decided there would be no unacceptable impact on...
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02.12.2020Decision article
An appeal has been allowed to modify the times for internal construction works on 40 homes in a Suffolk village after an inspector decided it would not...
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02.12.2020Decision articleDevelopment Management & Enforcement, East of England, enforcement, Heritage, Housing, planning appeal
A developer has been told to demolish two houses built on a sensitive plot in a historic Suffolk village because of small but substantial deviations from...
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25.11.2020Decision article
The Diocese of Plymouth’s plan to build 25 homes in the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty have been blocked by an inspector, who found...
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25.11.2020Decision article
An inspector has granted reserved matters approval for an ‘uncompromisingly contemporary’ zinc-clad home in Powys, ruling that there was ‘no value in...
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25.11.2020Decision article
An inspector has approved plans for two ‘micro turbines’ at a business park near Worcester, after discovering that the local plan had ‘created a lacuna’...
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25.11.2020Decision article
An inspector refused to allow a detached house in Dorset on the grounds that even a single new home could harm the quality of the internationally...
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