Opinion

The NI planning system ends its infancy: so what have we learnt?

15.04.2019

Four years since inception, is Northern Ireland's decentralised planning system working, for planners, developers and citizens? It's a slow learning process, argues Emma Walker.

Where have all the planners gone?

18.03.2019

Dr Peter Geraghty

planning careers | Professional Development | resources | skills shortage | UK

The evidence suggests that planning is facing a challenge with attracting and retaining planners. This needs to be addressed now, says Peter Geraghty
The Use Classes Order: Fit for now?

15.03.2019

Nigel Hewitson

change of use | England | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | Technology | Use class orders | Use classes

There’s a growing case for a reconsideration of use classes amid changing shopping, working and leisure...
We need to look at the person, not their haircut

14.03.2019

Richard Douglas

BAME | Campaigning & Advocacy | diversity | equality | inclusivity | Professional Development | UK

Employers should hire individuals based on ability not their ethnic background, argues Richard Douglas
Legal landscape: Land CPOs – a fair price to pay?

14.03.2019

David Mundy

England | HS2 | Planning Law | Policy & Politics

The rules for compulsory purchase are labyrinthine and can often be unfair, as is being demonstrated by the HS2 scheme. But a sense of fairness is vital for the system to work, says David Mundy
How filling the data gap could help to fill the gender gap

07.03.2019

Charlotte Morphet

Campaigning & Advocacy | diversity issue | equality | Gender | Professional Development | UK | women in planning

There is still a long way to go to get more women into leadership roles in planning, argues Charlotte Morphet

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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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