England
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19.11.2020Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has published the long-awaited social housing white paper for England, which seeks to raise the standards of landlords and ensure every home is safe and secure.
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19.11.2020Design guides and codes are generally supported by built environment organisations, but questions remain about how prescriptive they would be and the extent to which local authorities will be sufficiently resourced in order to deliver local codes.
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18.11.2020Community Engagement | England | planning for the future | Planning Portal | Policy & Politics | RTPI | victoria hills | zonal planning | zoningMoving to a zonal planning system and frontloading community engagement will be cultural changes for England’s planning system, says RTPI chief executive Victoria Hills.
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17.11.2020Community Engagement | digital | England | Planing for the Future | Planning reform | Technology | white paperThe planning white paper makes much of the potential of digital engagement. But we mustn't abandon face-to-face consultation, says Silvia Lazzerini
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17.11.2020Should the biodiversity net gain system be focusing more explicitly on supporting human wellbeing? Is biodiversity recovery best served by working on individual sites or at a larger, more strategic scale? To what extent can the biodiversity net gain system contribute to nature recovery on a...
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17.11.2020Climate Change | climate crisis | England | liverpool city region | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | Policy & Politics | RTPI | strategic planningThe RTPI has spoken about how planning needs to address the climate crisis ‘full on’ with authorities working together across boundaries.
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Chief planner: Proposed infrastructure levy will bring in 'at least as much money' as current system16.11.2020community infrastrcuture levy | developer contributions | England | Infrastructure - Transport | joanna averley | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | planning for the future | Policy & Politics | section 106England’s chief planner Joanna Averley has insisted that the infrastructure levy proposed in the planning white paper will bring in at least the same amount of money for local authorities to allocate towards affordable housing.
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16.11.2020Campaigning & Advocacy | Climate Change | England | Environmental | Infrastructure - Green | planing reform | planing white paper | renewable energy | sustainable developmentPlanning embraced the concept of sustainable development early, writes Dave Ayre, but its promise of delivery may have been over-ambitious. Will the planning white paper make a difference?
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16.11.202025 year environment plan | AONBs | biodiversity | Boris Johnson | Climate Change | climate crisis | Coronavirus | England | Environmental | National ParkBoris Johnson has outlined plans to create national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs) to protect England’s ‘iconic landscapes’.
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16.11.2020October 2020 saw a rise of 23 per cent in the number of planning applications submitted to Planning Portal compared to the same month last year.
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