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News analysis: More than 100 councils are underdelivering

14.04.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | housing delivery test | mhclg

Following months of delays, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published the results of t

Woking suburb to be regenerated

15.04.2019

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | Housing | South East | Woking

Woking Borough Council’s planning committee has granted approval for plans that aim to regenerate a post-war housing estate into a ‘sustainable, community-focused’ neighbourhood.
Appeals round-up: Notice upheld against front door that ‘depicts local landscapes’; Adlington micro-pub would not disrupt adjoined flats

12.04.2019

Matt Moody

appeal costs | Article 4 | Business & Enterprise | Community Infrastructure | enforcement notice | Finance & Viability | gambling | Health | Heritage | Housing | micropub | occupancy condition | petition | Planning Law | Rural | rural worker's dwelling | UK | viability

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 April-12 April, 2019
Legal briefs: Croydon couple to pay £100k POCA fine; Apple data centre challenge fails

12.04.2019

Roger Milne

Community Infrastructure | data centre | Demographics & Population Growth | Development Management & Enforcement | enforcement action | Planning Law | POCA | school | Technology | travellers | UK

A round-up of legal news: 6 April-12 April, 2019
England round-up: Guidance issued to ensure developers pay for education facilities; Croydon couple to pay £100k POCA fine

12.04.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Infrastructure - Green | Isle of Man | Planning Law | POCA | schools

A round-up of planning news in England: 6 April-12 April, 2019
Northern Ireland round-up: Hospital and BTR block approved for Belfast; Gas storage consultation pledge

12.04.2019

Roger Milne

Belfast | Build to Rent | Health | Northern Ireland

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 6 April-12 April, 2019

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Small wonders: Can micro-living help to solve our housing woes?

Whatever its pros and cons, ‘micro-living’ is happening, out of lifestyle choice or necessity. And it's being created at grassroots level from self-build schemes, right up to large projects backed by investors and developers, says Serena Ralston
Tech landscape: Into the flow

#Plantech has tended to focus on intelligent data gathering and sorting, but what about the fundamental processes that drive planning? Simon Wicks finds out about Motif, workflow software for planners, and planners alone.
Council mergers: When two become one

This month sees the merging of council planning departments in Dorset, Somerset and Suffolk. Mark Smulian reports on the logic behind municipal unification.

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