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Nichola Mallon / Northern-Ireland-Assembly

Mallon assures RTPI conference of her commitment to a digital planning system

14.09.2021

Laura Edgar

Northern Ireland's infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon has set out her commitment to the digitisation of the planning system and implementing a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Outdoor market, Staffordshire / iStock-493997072

Covid-19 outdoor measures could become permanent

06.09.2021

Laura Edgar

Coronavirus | England | permitted development rights | Policy & Politics

Measures introduced to aid high streets and hospitality venues during the Covid-19 pandemic could become permanent as the government consults on the permitted development rights (PDRs).

Dorchester, Dorset / Nigel Jarvis, Shutterstock_1070712251

South West council says planning services are ‘struggling’ with Covid-19 demand

02.09.2021

Laura Edgar

Coronavirus | Development Management & Enforcement | Dorset Council | Planning applications | South West

Dorset Council has announced that it is struggling with increased submissions of planning applications during the Covid-19 pandemic as it continues ‘slimming down’ its services.

Northern Ireland round-up: Covid-19 recovery undermined by lack of devolved regeneration powers; 507-home Lisburn development approved

06.08.2021

Coronavirus | Lisburn | Northern Ireland | Regeneration | wind farm

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 21 July-6 August, 2021

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Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 recovery undermined by lack of devolved regeneration powers

06.08.2021

Roger Milne

The post-pandemic recovery of local village, town and city centres is being undermined because urban regeneration powers have not been devolved from Stormont to local government, warns the body representing Northern Ireland’s 11 local councils.

Planning is ‘essential’ to children’s recovery after Covid-19

22.07.2021

Huw Morris

Planners should engage children and young people at an early stage within policies, plans and developments rather than seeing them as an ‘add-on’ later, according to RTPI guidance.

Third party appeal / Drozd Irina, Shutterstock_1791139073

Scotland’s DPEA says it will emerge from Covid-19 with no casework backlog

16.07.2021

Roger Milne

Coronavirus | Development Management & Enforcement | DPEA | planning appeals | Scotland

Despite the restrictions and problems posed by the Covid-19 outbreak, the Scottish Government’s Planning and Appeals Division (DPEA) looks set to emerge with no backlog of casework, according to interim chief reporter Scott M. Ferrie.

Birkenhead on the Wirral / iStock-494340852

Local authorities to be given CPO powers to renew derelict buildings to transform towns

15.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Local authorities in England will be given compulsory purchase order powers (CPO) to take over and transform derelict buildings and convert them into homes if property owners stall on regeneration plans.

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Nearly 64,000 planning applications submitted in June

15.07.2021

Laura Edgar

In June 2021, 63,873 planning applications in England and Wales were submitted to the Planning Portal – 17 per cent more than the number lodged in June 2020.

PINS falls short of ministerial targets for appeal decisions last year

12.07.2021

Laura Edgar

The number of appeals decided by the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) in 2020/21 within the ministerial target declined in comparison with 2019/20, according to the appeals body’s latest annual report.

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