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Appeals round-up: Home allowed in light of council’s second-worst HDT results; Renewable energy production amounts to ‘very special circumstances’

28.02.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 22 February-28 February, 2020

Appeal: Meals on wheels scheme allowed to replace axed council service

28.02.2020

Matt Moody

A Carmarthenshire woman's plan to run a meals on wheels service from an outbuilding at her home to replace a service previously offered by the county council can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, citing the...

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Deliberative democracy: a model for better engagement in planning

09.12.2019

Gavin Parker

Amid widespread mistrust of the system, planners must find new ways to meaningfully re-engage the public, argues Gavin Parker

Re: Generations - an interview with Jenna Langford

30.10.2019

Kieran Blaydes

Jenna Langford became 2019 RTPI Young Planner of the Year in no small part 'for assisting people to take up planning as a profesison through the Planning Futures programme'. Here she talks to Kieran Blaydes...

Planning must have a new training compact to support local communities

19.07.2019

Dai Larner

In an age of austerity and decentralisation, the planning profession must take the lead in giving people control over the development of their communities, argues Dai Larner

Brent into shape: An interview with Alice Lester

07.05.2019

Huw Morris

Alice Lester is newly promoted to director of regeneration, growth and employment for Brent, a London borough undergoing major renewal. She tells Huw Morris about planning in an age of austerity, why...

Public service: The revival of public sector planning?

23.01.2019

Francesca Perry

Local authority planning roles are diversifying, councils are delivering services in more innovative ways and borrowing caps have been lifted. are we seeing a reanimation of public sector planning in the UK...

Local authority planning needs everyone’s support

10.09.2018

Sam Dewar

Local authority planning is ‘in crisis’, says Sam Dewar. It needs a lot more support and understanding – from government, but also from the private sector.

How cities are using assets to negotiate financial uncertainty

21.08.2017

Andrew Carter

With uncertainty around their powers to raise finance from business rates, city leaders are taking imaginative approaches to making money from their assets, says Andrew Carter

Planning at the crossroads

20.04.2017

David Blackman

In the final part of our series looking at the relationship between contemporary planning and politics, David Blackman finds planning at a crossroads — but with a swell of voices anticipating its...

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