English planning system

Exclusive: Planning 2020 with Nick Raynsford

19.11.2018

Nick Raynsford

England | English planning system | Housing | permitted development | permitted development rights | Policy & Politics | Raynsford review

In the summer of 2017, former Labour planning minister Nick Raynsford began a review of the English planning system. Launched in the House of Lords on 20 November, here Raynsford reflects on a period of...
TCPA warn planning system could soon be lost

11.03.2015

Laura Edgar

England | English planning system | Housing | planning system | TCPA

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has warned that “consistent deregulation and demoralisation” of the planning system is putting England’s towns, cities and countryside at risk.
Lewis publishes new planning guide

06.01.2015

Laura Edgar

Brandon Lewis | England | English planning system | Housing | Local plans | neighbourhood plan

Housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis has published a plain English guide to how the planning system in England works.
Planning system key to delivering greener, better places

26.09.2014

Laura Edgar

England | English planning system | Environment | Natural England

"Better partnerships and evidence" are the key to deriving greater benefits from green places, Natural England said yesterday.