Housing and Planning Act

Appeal: Inspector sets precedent on councils’ self-build provision

10.07.2019

Matt Moody

custom build | East of England | Housing | Housing and Planning Act | Planning Law | self-build

An inspector has approved 30 self-build plots on land near Woodville, Derbyshire, citing the council’s failure to demonstrate that the 133 single dwellings it had already approved met the legal definition of...
Labour vows to end Right to Buy

26.09.2016

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | Housing and Planning Act | Labour | Right to Buy

Shadow housing minister for Labour Tereasa Pearce said a future Labour government would suspend the Right to Buy scheme and reverse the Pay to Stay policy.
News analysis: What should be the new government’s planning priorities?

09.08.2016

Laura Edgar

DCLG | England | HBF | Housing | Housing and Planning Act | NPPF

New Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed Sajid Javid as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and...
Permission in principle 'won’t speed up' the planning process

27.06.2016

Martha Harris

brownfield register | Development Management & Enforcement | Finance & Viability | Housing and Planning Act | permission in principle | Regeneration | UK

Permission in principle (PIP) will not speed up the granting of planning permission and will add further strain to the resources of local planning authorities, Rebecca Daniels, senior associate at law firm K&L Gates told delegates at the recent City Regeneration conference.
Why less is more for local planning

20.05.2016

Jay Das

England | Housing and Planning Act | Housing and Planning Bill | Local plans | NPPF | NPPG

Too much fiddling with the planning system is crippling the ability of planners to create plans. What politicians need to do is set a sensible course and let things settle, argues Jay Das
The impact of the Housing and Planning Act 2016

19.05.2016

Jay Das

Cymru | England | Housing | Housing and Planning Act | Housing and Planning Bill

Jay Das says the Housing and Planning Act 2016 will bring significant changes. Here, she considers what she feels are...
Government urged to fortify neighbourhood planning

16.05.2016

Laura Edgar

Brandon Lewis | civic voice | Community Engagement | CPRE | England | Housing | Housing and Planning Act | Housing and Planning Bill | National Association of Local Councils | neighbourhood plan | neighbourhood planning

Campaigners are calling on the government to back up its pledge to give added strength to neighbourhood planning.
England round-up: Housing and Plan Bill passes into law; Heathrow aims to exceed commission conditions for expansion

13.05.2016

Laura Edgar

England | Heathrow expansion | Housing | Housing and Planning Act | Housing and Planning Bill | HS2 | Infrastructure | RTPI

A round-up of planning news in England: 7 May-13 May, 2016
Housing and Planning Bill passes into law

13.05.2016

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | Housing and Planning Act | Housing and Planning Bill | planning | Right to Buy | starter homes

The wording of the government’s Housing and Planning Bill has been settled on by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and has now passed into law.