Localist approach?
Is there an increasingly localist approach to planning in the National Planning Practice Guidance? The new Guidance (which as emphasised […]
Planning Guidance
Turn up the volume, three suggestions …
The first two parts of this post identified the clear need for new housing and the important role that the […]
Turn up the volume, part 2
Meeting housing needs is now recognised as a national challenge (see Turn Up the Volume, Part 1). Love or hate […]
Useful nuggets
The National Planning Policy Guidance has some useful nuggets. There has always been a question about how planning obligations should […]
New planning ‘guidance’
Always remember that this is not new ‘policy’. It is only guidance. It changes nothing. For applications and appeals the […]