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Flooding in Slough, June 2021 / Paul30, Shutterstock_1998692075

Government to invest £5.2bn into flood defences over six years

29.07.2021

Laura Edgar

The government has said 'thousands more homes and businesses' will be better protected from flooding and coastal erosion through its investment of £5.2 billion announced today (29 July), as the housing secretary has announced that planning applications opposed by the Environment Agency will be...

Government U-turn over national infrastructure levy – what might the further implications be?

26.07.2021

Julia Berry

Does the government’s change of heart over the mooted infrastructure levy signal a rash of other reversals of its promises to transform planning? Julia Berry suspects it might...

Birkenhead on the Wirral / iStock-494340852

Local authorities to be given CPO powers to renew derelict buildings to transform towns

15.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Local authorities in England will be given compulsory purchase order powers (CPO) to take over and transform derelict buildings and convert them into homes if property owners stall on regeneration plans.

Robert Jenrick at the LGA annual conference / Laura Edgar

Jenrick: Planning reforms will give councillors power over what and where to build

06.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has said that the intent of the proposed planning reforms is to give councillors the control over what to build and extend participation in the planning system to everyone from a smartphone.

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Building safety bill to include regulator

05.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has outlined legislation that will introduce a building safety regulator and give residents more power to hold builders and developers to account.

SoS confirms article 4 restrictions to control PDRs

05.07.2021

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has set out measures to ensure that article 4 directions are used in a ‘targeted way’ to the protect ‘thriving core of historic high street areas’ but do not restrict the delivery of housing through permitted development rights (PDRs).

England round-up: Government policies for the environment are ‘grandiose statements but lack teeth’; Apps launched to help homeowners extend their homes

02.07.2021

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 26 June-2 July, 2021

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Apps launched to help homeowners extend their homes

30.06.2021

Laura Edgar

England | permitted development | planning technology | robert jenrick | Technology

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced the creation of two apps to digitise the planning system and help homeowners improve and extend their homes.

News report: Residents ‘rightly’ want a say over development in their area

22.06.2021

Laura Edgar

Shadow housing secretary Steve Reed has said residents ‘rightly want and deserve’ a say on how their neighbourhoods are developed.

Commissioners appointed to help Liverpool implement changes

14.06.2021

Laura Edgar

Development Management & Enforcement | Liverpool City Council | North West | robert jenrick

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has appointed a team of independent commissioners to support Liverpool City Council to 'implement rapid and far-reaching changes’.

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