Policy & Politics

Short-let registration called for in London

25.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the government to introduce a registration system for those who want to rent out a property for less than 90 days in a calendar year in order to protect housing for long-term residents.

Labour would scrap permitted development

24.04.2019

Laura Edgar

The next Labour government would put at end to the policy that sees commercial spaces converted into residential units without going through the full planning process.

MSPs warned Scotland planning bill is ‘unworkable’

23.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Planning (Scotland) Bill | Policy & Politics | RTPI Scotland | Scotland

RTPI Scotland has urged MSPs to drop ‘unfunded additional duties’ in the Planning (Scotland) Bill ahead of its stage 3 debate.

We’re one, but we’re not the same

18.04.2019

Ken Hopkins

Developers in England can learn a lot from the Scottish approach to consultation, argues Ken Hopkins. On the other hand, the English appeals system produces fairer outcomes…

Brokenshire tackles unfair rental evictions

15.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has set out plans to prevent private landlords from evicting tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason.

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

15.04.2019

Emma Walker

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.

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Guidance issued to ensure developers pay for education facilities

11.04.2019

Laura Edgar

cil | England | Policy & Politics | schools | section 106

The government has published guidance to help local authorities to secure funding from housing developers so they can provide for the school places required for new development.

Government must address short-term workforce shortages post-Brexit

03.04.2019

Laura Edgar

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (HCLG) has said the government must address workforce shortages in the short term, including in the construction sector.

Conséquences imprévues

28.03.2019

Louise Brooke-Smith

Louise Brooke-Smith highlights how the unforeseen consequences of political plans can leave planners (and others) picking up the pieces.

‘We need a national plan’, says shadow planning minister

28.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Roberta Blackman-Woods, planning minister for Labour, has called for a national plan to set out the big priorities for the delivery of housing and infrastructure.

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