Housing

Appeal: London short-term let allowed despite ‘acute’ housing shortage

19.10.2017

An inspector has allowed plans to let a Lambeth flat for a maximum of 180 days a year, using a planning condition to strike a balance between short-term letting and permanent housing.

Appeal: Council must pay costs for favouring emerging local plan over national policy

19.10.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has ordered Fylde Borough Council to pay costs for favouring its emerging local plan over national policy in requiring an affordable housing contribution for a scheme of 10 bungalows, before...

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Appeal: Subterranean ‘eco-home’ would be ‘too isolated’

19.10.2017

Matt Moody

East Midlands | Housing | Rural | Technology | undefined

An inspector has refused plans for an underground ‘eco-home’ in the Derbyshire Dales that would be partially shielded from view by a recently approved agricultural barn, considering it too far...

Government think tank demands review of London planning

19.10.2017

Huw Morris

London’s planning system needs radical reforms to significantly reduce bias against development, according to a think tank.

Khan intervenes for second time to raise affordable housing provision

19.10.2017

Huw Morris

London mayor Sadiq Khan has for the second time this month approved a development after intervening to raise the proportion of affordable housing on the scheme.

Appeal: 95 homes allowed on employment land in Cornwall

19.10.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted outline permission for 95 homes near Wadebridge, north Cornwall, ruling that the surplus of employment land and shortage of housing amounted to a ‘very strong argument’...

Downing Street summit hears May’s pledge to boost housebuilding

18.10.2017

Huw Morris

Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to take ‘personal ownership’ of the drive to speed up housing development and urged sector leaders to play their part at a Downing Street summit yesterday.

Appeal: ‘Inadequate detail’ halts 133-home Denbighshire scheme

17.10.2017

Matt Moody

Cymru | development plan | flood risk | Housing | traffic

An inspector has blocked 133 homes near Prestatyn, North Wales, ruling that although the site had been allocated for new housing in the local development plan, the detail of the proposal was ‘...

News in brief: Crown Estate sells land to housebuilders; Vauxhall student scheme approved

17.10.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 17 October, 2017

Report recommends ‘yellowfield registers’ to release land for housing

16.10.2017

Laura Edgar

England | Green Belt | Housing | housing land supply | national infrastructure commission

Allowing local authorities to redesignate green belt land by creating ‘yellowfield registers’ would enable the release of land for housing, a think tank has said.

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