Policy & Politics

Planning (Scotland) Bill: The final hurdle

13.06.2019

Laura Edgar

A total of 223 amendments to the Planning (Scotland) Bill have been tabled ahead of stage 3 in the Scottish Parliament next week. Here, The Planner looks at just a few of them.

England round-up: HS2 could be scrapped, says Truss; Ealing Council serves solicitor with £500k confiscation order

07.06.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 1 June-7 June, 2019

Welsh planning services are strained, says auditor’s report

06.06.2019

Laura Edgar

Planning officer capacity in Wales is stretched and skills are decreasing in key areas, according to a report by the country’s independent spending watchdog.

Public development corporations should have the power to create new towns

04.06.2019

Laura Edgar

A future Labour government should establish public development corporations that have the power to buy and develop land in the public interest to create new towns, says a report by party advisers.

RTPI seeks assurances on forthcoming environment act

29.05.2019

Laura Edgar

The RTPI, the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) and other professional organisations are seeking a set of assurances from the government to put sustainability at the heart of the UK’s economic model.

MHCLG seeking more viability testing at plan-making stage

28.05.2019

Martin Read

Laurence Martindale, head of local infrastructure at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), has explained the department’s continuing work to reform viability assessments at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Housing and Planning.

News in brief: Housing minister bids for Tory leadership; Council to sell site using digital auctioneer

28.05.2019

Laura Edgar and Prithvi Pandya

Kit malthouse | leeds city council | Policy & Politics | UK | wolverhampton

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 28 May, 2019

Permitted development for home extensions comes into force

28.05.2019

Laura Edgar

The extension of permitted development rights to allow homeowners to extend their properties without a full planning application – as well as high street conversions to offices and homes – has come into permanent effect.

Scotland round-up: Row over Scotland planning bill’s short-term lets move; Loch Lomond holiday resort plan attracts record objections

24.05.2019

Roger Milne

Aberdeen | Leisure & Tourism | Policy & Politics | Scotland | short term lets

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 18 Many-24 May, 2019

Cork shopping centre redevelopment makes the grade

23.05.2019

Roger Milne

An Bord Pleanala | Cork | Cork City Council | Ireland | Policy & Politics

The €100 million redevelopment of one of Ireland's oldest shopping centres has been given the go-ahead by An Bórd Pleanála following an unsuccessful appeal by Cork residents.

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