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

26.07.2021

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...

Betts hits out at lack of detail in government planning proposals

20.07.2021

Huw Morris

The chair of the Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has lambasted the government for failing to give enough details of how its forthcoming planning reforms will work in practice.

Complete engagement is the key to restoring trust in planning

17.11.2020

Silvia Lazzerini

The planning white paper makes much of the potential of digital engagement. But we mustn't abandon face-to-face consultation, says Silvia Lazzerini

Legal landscape: Planning for the Future is no stellar act

05.11.2020

Ben Arrowsmith

The planning white paper is laudable in its ambition to fix planning, says Ben Arrowsmith, but may need a little refinement in parts

Planning for the (right) future – a response to the white paper

02.11.2020

Frazer Osment

The Planning for the Future white paper has brought out some excellent elucidations of planning and its purposes. This, from LDA chairman Frazer Osment, is an eloquent and powerful...

Transport is integral but the white paper has almost nothing to say about it

05.10.2020

Stephen Bennett and Lynda Addison

Transport is integral to the paradigm shift towards cleaner healthier places - but it's barely mentioned in the government's blueprint for planning reform, say Stephen Bennett and...

Planning for the Future: These reforms will erode the link between planning and local democracy

10.08.2020

Kate Gordon

Far from increasing public involvement in planning, reforms outlined in the Planning for the Future white paper would reduce participation in key areas, argues Kate Gordon