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Neighbourhood watch

Neighbourhood Planning remains a political priority and is one of the areas for which Planning Policy Guidance has recently been […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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Putting the Neighbourhood Plan cart before the Local Plan horse

The Court of Appeal has granted permission for the first Neighbourhood Plan case to be heard by it on appeal. […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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Will LPA shaming and intervention work to incentivise plan making?

In this blog, part of our series on the Government’s technical consultation on implementation of the planning changes (the Consultation), […]

By Rachael Herbert
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Mind the gap – if Starter Homes survive, there will be blood

The Starter Homes initiative now faces an uphill struggle onto the statute books following setbacks in the House of Lords. […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Non-starter? New homes proposals are going to shake things up, if they survive

The Government’s Starter Homes proposals have been around for a while – consultation in 2014 led to new policies in […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Statutory consultee responses: must try harder?

In this blog, part of our series on the Government’s technical consultation on implementation of the planning changes, we discuss […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Planning application fees: falling short of the target?

In the latest of our series of blogs examining the Government’s technical consultation on implementation of the planning changes, we […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Neighbourhood planning: full steam ahead?

The Housing and Planning Bill seeks to further the Government’s localism agenda, by speeding up the neighbourhood planning process.  The […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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Transparency of financial benefits in planning

The Housing and Planning Bill (Clause 140) proposes to make public, through committee reports, the financial benefits of certain development […]

By Melanie Blanchard
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A better alternative?

The latest of our series focussing on the Housing and Planning Bill considers the controversial Government amendment to “test the […]

By Jamie McKie
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Housing and Planning Bill – an uncertain future for social housing (part 2)

VACANT HIGH VALUE LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING (CLAUSES 67-77) What is proposed? The Government will require a payment from Councils with […]

By Jamie McKie
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Housing and Planning Bill – an uncertain future for social housing

The Housing & Planning Bill completed the Committee stage in the House of Commons after the New Year with a […]

By Jamie McKie

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