Planning Inspectorate

The Planning Inspectorate has advised the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to remove the policy relating to fracking from the Draft London Plan, and has also suggested that a review of the green belt should be added. The plan though, is considered to be sound except for such recommendations.

The Planning Inspectorate has published new guidance for the submission of the Statement of Case and Statement of Common Ground for s.78 appeals. There is also a new process for each.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has acknowledged that its performance in deciding its volume appeal casework ‘has not been good enough’.

The government’s target to build 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s is ‘jeopardised’ by ‘inherent problems’ in the planning system, says the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).