zoning

Legal landscape: Will bypassing councils make planning decisions quicker and more effective?

07.02.2020

Tristan Ward and Ben Arrowsmith

Economic Growth | England | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Planning reform | Policy & Politics | Policy Exchange | zoning

A recent Policy Exchange report into planning reform envisages a zonal planning system in which development decisions bypass elected members and council officers. Will this lead to quicker and better...
Ireland round-up: Green light for Cork office tower dismays conservationists; ‘Climate smart’ planning urged by business

31.05.2019

Roger Milne

Climate Change | Cork | cycling | Ireland | solar farm | zoning

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 25 May-31 May, 2019
Dublin plans major rezoning move to boost housing

01.03.2019

Roger Milne

Dublin | Housing | Ireland | zoning

A significant proportion of land earmarked for industrial estates and business parks look set to be rezoned for housing under new proposals from Dublin City Council.
RTPI: Automatic permission for housing land won’t increase housing supply

10.04.2018

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | permission in principle | planning | RTPI | zoning

A new study by the RTPI has suggested that attaching automatic planning permission to housing land allocated in local plans in England 'would have limited impact' on increasing the supply of homes.
Lesson from America

31.05.2016

Jamie Ratcliff

affordable housing | California | Development Management & Enforcement | England | Finance and viability | Housing | International | Local plans | zoning

How does the Californian planning system compare with England's? The GLA's Jamie Ratcliff offers his thoughts from a job swap in the USA.