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Beauty, durability and utility: Heritage assets and the updated NPPF

08.04.2021

The government has placed a stronger focus on design and 'beauty' within the NPPF. As a national model design cde is rolled out and local authorities create their own versions, we must keep be wary of...

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Chief planner outlines policy changes

06.04.2021

Laura Edgar

England’s chief planner Joanna Averley has written to local authority planners about the changes to the planning system and temporary measures that will remain to ease the path out of lockdown and aid economic recovery.

11% increase in applications submitted for planning in Q3

29.03.2021

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | mhclg | Planning applications

District councils in England received 111,700 applications for planning permission between October and December 2020 (Q3), according to a statistical release by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

NPPF to emphasise placemaking

01.02.2021

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has proposed a number of changes to England’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) so that it places ‘greater emphasis’ on beauty and placemaking.

Sales of right-to-buy homes decline in England

28.01.2021

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | mhclg | Right to Buy

Local authorities sold an estimated 1,548 homes under the right-to-buy scheme in the second quarter of 2020/21, which is 43 per cent less than the 2,727 sold in the same quarter in 2019/20.

Summer quarter saw housing bounce back

15.01.2021

Laura Edgar

Between July and September 2020, 45,000 homes were completed on site, according to building control figures published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

Decline in the number of decisions granted by councils

05.01.2021

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | mhclg | Planning applications | planning statistics

In the year ending September 2020, district-level planning authorities in England granted 311,800 decisions, a decline of 12 per cent compared with the year ending September 2019.

Prior approval requirements added to PDR for upward extensions

05.01.2021

Laura Edgar

Another prior approval condition has been added to the permitted development right (PDR) that allows upwards extensions to be added to residential and commercial properties without planning permission in England.

MHCLG failed to make ‘serious attempt’ to deliver on its own policies, say MPs

09.12.2020

Laura Edgar

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticised the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for letting the Starter Homes policy ‘drift out of existence’, declaring it a waste of time and resources.

Consultation published on further expansion to PDR

09.12.2020

Laura Edgar

The government has published proposals that would see permitted development rights (PDR) extended further as part of plans to make ‘more immediate changes to the planning system’ in England.

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