England

Eight councils face presumption in favour of sustainable development

13.02.2020

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | Housing delivery | housing delivery test | housing land supply

The government has published the 2019 results of the Housing Delivery Test, which show that eight local authorities failed to deliver more than 45 per cent of their housing target.

McVey loses job as housing minister

13.02.2020

Laura Edgar

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked Esther McVey to leave her post as housing minister as he sets about reshuffling his cabinet.

Business welcomes certainty over HS2 but environmentalists remain concerned

12.02.2020

Laura Edgar

Business leaders are breathing ‘a sigh of relief’ now the government has given the HS2 rail project the go-ahead, but environmental campaigners are perturbed about the damage the line will cause to nature.

Government announces projects to receive cash for urban trees

12.02.2020

Prithvi Pandya

England | Environmental | Theresa Villiers | Urban Tree Challenge Fund

The government has declared that 13 projects in urban communities in England will receive a share of £10 million in the first round of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.

HS2 gets the go-ahead

11.02.2020

Laura Edgar

Boris Johnson | England | HS2 | Infrastructure - Transport | UK

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given the HS2 rail project the go-ahead despite concerns over out-of-control costs and the loss of ancient woodland.

Legal landscape: Rosewell reforms may not work as hoped

10.02.2020

Stuart Andrews

England | PINS | Planning Law | SoCUG

The Planning Inspectorate’s implementation of recommendations from the Rosewell review may have unintended consequences, says Stuart Andrews

I want to be an astronaut

10.02.2020

Louise Brooke-Smith

England | Professional Development

‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ It’s the perennial question that all youngsters are asked at some stage by well-meaning relatives, says Louise Brooke-Smith

England round-up: Visual impact not an obligatory consideration when assessing green belt openness; WMCA affordable housing definition is approved

07.02.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in England: 1 February-7 February, 2020

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Legal landscape: Will bypassing councils make planning decisions quicker and more effective?

07.02.2020

Tristan Ward and Ben Arrowsmith

A recent Policy Exchange report into planning reform envisages a zonal planning system in which development decisions bypass elected members and council officers. Will this lead to quicker and better...

Supreme Court rules that visual impact is not an obligatory consideration when assessing green belt openness

05.02.2020

Martin Read

England | Minerals | Planning Law | Yorkshire

The court’s decision today (5 February) overturns a Court of Appeal ruling on the issue, and asserts that openness does not imply freedom from all forms of potential development.

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