TCPA

The planning system has the opportunity to make people’s lives better, but this is being undermined by deregulation and a ‘chronic loss’ of public confidence and trust in it.

The built environment sector has urged the new government to fund local authorities properly and to be bolder in addressing the climate crisis.

A £10 million fund to help local authorities develop proposals for up to 10 new communities through development corporations have been launched by the government.

Senior built environment figures have expressed outrage after a story by The Planner highlighted a recent appeal decision to approve windowless flats in Watford, with one calling for a Parliamentary debate on permitted development.