planning system

Research: More than a million approved homes not built

20.02.2020

Laura Edgar

Analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) has suggested that there are more than one million homes that have been granted planning permission but are yet to be built.

Public lacks trust in developers

10.07.2019

Laura Edgar

Campaigning & Advocacy | civic voice | planning system | Policy & Politics | UK

The public lacks trust in developers and the planning system, according to a survey published by property firm Grosvenor Britain & Ireland.

3 point plan: Judith Winters MRTPI

26.04.2018

Judith Winters

A planner explains how they would change Northern Ireland's planning system

NPPF reform will create a ‘simpler, more robust’ planning system, says Javid

05.03.2018

The Planner

The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will deliver a ‘simpler, more robust’ planning system in England, setting out ‘much clearer expectations’ for developers and local authorities, the housing secretary has promised.

3 point plan: Sara Dilmamode MRTPI

04.01.2018

Sara Dilmamode

A planner explains how they would change the English planning system

Making the duty to cooperate work? Good luck with that, Mr Javid

14.12.2017

Chris Shepley

Political failure to organise local government around geography renders efficient planning impossible, argues Chris Shepley

Nearly half of housebuilders are 'serial appealers'

30.11.2017

Huw Morris

Confidence in the planning system is plummeting amid a culture of 'planning by appeal', according to a poll of housebuilders.

Legal landscape: Minority report: what next for planning?

28.06.2017

Mathew White

The pledges made in the Conservative Party manifesto were heavy on promise but light on detail, and near silent on deliverability. So what happens now?

Steady on: Planning in Northern Ireland two years after major reform

12.04.2017

Roisin Willmott

Devolution | Northern Ireland | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | planning system | Policy & Politics

2015 marked a significant shift for planning in Northern Ireland; two years on, how is it working out? Roisin Willmott FRTPI, Director of RTPI Northern Ireland, looks at the challenges facing the...

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Planning committees suited to dealing with licensing applications

05.04.2017

Laura Edgar

The House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 has ruled that it was a "mistake" to set up licensing committees when the planning system is well suited to dealing with licensing application and appeals.

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