housing need

Inspector advises Sevenoaks to take back its local plan

23.10.2019

Laura Edgar

The Planning Inspectorate has recommended that Sevenoaks District Council should withdraw its local plan from examination because of reservations over unmet housing need.

Planning stability will drive housebuilding growth

24.09.2019

Joe Ridgeon

Constantly shifting the goalposts of planning policy does no favours to planners or developers who are trying to hit government housebuilding targets, argues Joe Ridgeon

Staffordshire councils delay joint plan consultation

01.11.2018

Laura Edgar

England | housing need | NPPF | Policy & Politics

Potential changes to the government's standard methodology for calculating housing need mean two Staffordshire councils have delayed consultation on their draft joint local plan.

Council calls for clarity on housing need methodology

22.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing | housing need | NPPF | Policy & Politics | South East

Braintree District Council has written to the housing minister about the uncertainty surrounding the recently introduced standard methodology for calculating housing need.

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Hampshire council to ‘rip up’ its draft plan

18.10.2018

Laura Edgar

fareham | housing need | NPPF | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | South East

Fareham Borough Council has said it will tear up its draft local plan because of the new way to calculate housing need introduced in revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

England round-up: Government scraps cap on local authority borrowing to help boost housebuilding; Local authorities should be able to raise planning fees to cover costs, says RTPI

05.10.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 29 September-5 October, 2018

New and updated PPG: A breakdown

17.09.2018

Laura Edgar

Last week the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published new and updated Planning Practice Guidance (PPG). This reflects the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF),...

Appeals round-up: 64-home scheme will see double housing allocation built; Enforcement order to remove second kitchen quashed

14.09.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 8 September-14 September, 2018.

Appeal: 222 homes refused ahead of local plan examination

04.05.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | housing allocation | housing need | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | South East

An inspector has refused outline permission for 222 homes near the village of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, despite noting that a new local plan recently submitted for examination will ‘substantially raise...

Appeal: 100% affordable scheme refused despite district-wide need

28.03.2018

Matt Moody

Plans for 16 affordable homes in Wessington, Derbyshire, have been blocked because no ‘demonstrable need’ for such housing could be demonstrated within the village itself, despite an unfulfilled...

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