England

England round-up: Sharma refuses extension to Thanet offshore wind farm; Applications submitted for Cambridgeshire new town

05.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Cambridgeshire | Development Management & Enforcement | England | Infrastructure - Energy | wind farm

A round-up of planning news in England: 30 May-5 June, 2020

Democracy shouldn't suffer just because the show must go on

03.06.2020

Lucinda Rogers

In the rush to keep the planning system operational during the Covid-19 epidemic, planners risk overlooking one very important element, says Lucinda Rogers - the people the system is...

England round-up: How sites visits are being conducted during Covid-19; East Midlands transport plan for HS2 station set out

29.05.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 23 May-29 May, 2020

England needs a design quality unit, consortium insists

28.05.2020

Laura Edgar

Building Better Building Beautiful Commission | Design | design quality | England

The government should set up a dedicated Design Quality Unit for England to build on the work of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission (BBBBC).

News analysis: How sites visits are being conducted during Covid-19

28.05.2020

Laura Edgar

Visiting potential sites for development is one of the final steps in processing a planning application, so how has coronavirus (Covid-19) affected the way building control professionals go about ensuring works comply with building regulations?

Legal landscape: Planning during a pandemic - the CIL regime

27.05.2020

Julia Berry

The coronavirus pandemic is playing havoc with the community infrastructure lecy charging regime and presenting developers and local authorities with a series of difficult dilemmas. The time is right for an...

Model communities: Are existing planning processes sufficient for decades long projects?

27.05.2020

Gary Duncan MRTPI

The publication of the inspector's letter following the examination in public for the North Essex Garden Communities scheme throws into the relief the need for planning processes that can deliver over...

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Research to assess potential of modern methods of construction

26.05.2020

Laura Edgar

England | homes england | Housing | modern methods of construction

The government’s housing agency Homes England wants to understand how modern methods of construction (MMC) can help meet the country's housing targets.

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'Unprecedented' plans to house rough sleepers outlined

26.05.2020

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has set out plans to provide long-term homes for those sleeping rough in England who have been taken off the streets during the coronvirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

England round-up: Inspector rules one North Essex garden community sound, but two others should be struck from plan; Two-thirds of councils have no up-to-date plan, suggests research

22.05.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 16 May-22 May, 2020

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