Section 106 – baffling changes will confuse
The Government has made further changes to the approach to planning obligations in the Planning Practice Guidance on Section 106 […]
Planning Guidance
Wind farm community benefits ‘are not a material consideration’, guidance says …
DECC have just published “Guidance of Community Benefits from Onshore Wind Developments“. The paper provides some great examples of the […]
What a belter
The Green Belt is back in the news. DCLG has updated the NPPG, and included responses to two further questions […]
DCO regime faces a real test
Better known as the super-sewer, the Thames Tideway Tunnel (“TTT”) Development Consent Order, granted on 12 September 2014, was a […]
First road test for special measures
Less than a year after the introduction of the government’s ‘special measures’ regime for poorly performing local planning authorities, the […]
Solar permitted development rights
The Government published its technical consultation on Planning in July 2014, the consultation included proposals to increase permitted development rights […]
Viability still under the spotlight
The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 amended the Section 106 regime to allow developers to challenge affordable housing obligations on […]
Shale planning: forward guidance is not new policy
Publication of the Government’s criteria for the 14th Round of Petroleum Exploration Development Licences (PEDLs) has been carefully choreographed to […]
Demolition job
The Government has published a new Demolition Direction, which confirms that permission is only required for demolition of buildings larger […]
Viability and numbers go together
Two recent articles (by Roy Pinnock) discuss the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (G&IA) amendments to section 106 of the […]
Limits to growth: pre-commencement conditions
Housebuilders are up in arms about the use of conditions requiring approvals before work can start holding back delivery of […]
Shale gale keeps blowing
David Cameron has confirmed that the Government is ‘going all out for shale’, on a site visit in the Gainsborough […]