Policy & Politics

News report: Residents ‘rightly’ want a say over development in their area

22.06.2021

Laura Edgar

Shadow housing secretary Steve Reed has said residents ‘rightly want and deserve’ a say on how their neighbourhoods are developed.

Wales round-up: New government announces ‘green’ programme; Taylor Wimpey proposes homes for Plasdwr garden city

18.06.2021

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 12 June-18 June

Institute sets up network to guide politicians on planning

11.06.2021

Laura Edgar

Ireland | Policy & Politics | politicians in planning | RTPI | UK

The RTPI will launch a network next week that seeks to bring together politicians involved in planning and planning decisions.

Ireland round-up: Minister makes more time for key elements of planning system; Irish institutes join forces to promote the value of planning

11.06.2021

Roger Milne

Darragh O’Brien | Dublin | Ireland | Policy & Politics

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 5 June-10 June, 2021

CLEUDs must be reformed to ensure proper community accountability

11.06.2021

Natasha Cox and Bill Eyres

It took a determined community campaign to highlight flaws in Ocado’s efforts to build a distribution centre next to a primary school in Islington, London. Campaigners Natasha Cox and Bill Eyres outline the...

MMC is the future of housebuilding - but incentives are needed to speed its adoption

10.06.2021

Ian Atkinson

Modern methods of construction answers many of the sustainability, speed and quality challenges faced by the housebuilding industry. But adoption has been slow so far. The way to speed it up, argues Ian...

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Councils to be enabled to ‘tackle exploitation’ on mobile home sites

07.06.2021

Laura Edgar

Development Management & Enforcement | England | Mobile homes | Policy & Politics

Housing and rough sleeping minister Eddie Hughes has set out stricter rules to ‘clamp down’ on the 'small minority' of rogue mobile site owners and managers, better protecting mobile home residents in England.

A new form of discounted housing: First Homes explained

07.06.2021

Jessica McSweeney

Want the ins and outs on the government’s new First Homes Scheme? Jessica McSweeney breaks it down

A third of UK population covered by councils pledging net-zero

01.06.2021

Huw Morris

More than a third of the UK’s population is now represented by local authorities that are planning to reach net-zero emissions ahead of the government’s 2050 commitment.

Fire statement proposal for high-rise developments after Grenfell

01.06.2021

Huw Morris

Developers must submit a fire statement alongside a planning application for multi-occupied residential buildings under government proposals following the Grenfell Tower disaster.

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