Live Blog – Growth and Infrastructure Bill
Planning brings you live coverage of reaction to yesterday’s publication of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill. 15:45: On the thorny subject of the business rates revaluation delay, something that has...
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Reaction to Peel out-of-town retail park decision
An aerial view of Peel's plans to redevelop the Whitebirk retail park, Lancashire The decision on the redevelopment of the Whitebirk Retail Park near Blackburn, Lancashire, was announced by a High...
View ArticleReaction to Cameron’s ‘red tape-cutting’ proposals
Yesterday morning, the Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking at the annual CBI conference, announced measures aiming to speed up development and boost economic growth. Chief among these were reforms...
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Will the ‘Boles Bung’ actually work?
Planning minister Nick Boles announced what he described as the ‘Boles Bung’ with a fanfare earlier this month. During his all-out media assault, including appearances on BBC Newsnight, a high-profile...
View ArticleWhy new BBC2 show The Planners is worth a watch
Tomorrow evening what promises to be the latest reality TV sensation hits our screens. And council planning officers are at the centre of the action. Much-anticipated (well, in the planning and...
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Red Tape Challenge could echo Taylor Review, say sector champions
In last week’s edition of Planning, we spoke to the two planning ‘champions’ helping the government carry out its Red Tape Challenge, to simplify the sector’s many regulations. Consultant Roger Hepher,...
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English Heritage defends Smithfield u-turn
The government’s heritage watchdog English Heritage (EH) has been accused of ‘failing in its duty’ by campaign group SAVE Britain’s Heritage after it came out in support of the latest redevelopment...
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Government reveals details of new permitted development rights: reaction
Yesterday, the government revealed details of new permitted development rights with the publication of secondary legislation amending the Town and Country Planning Act’s General Permitted Development...
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Office-to-resi debate rumbles on as applications pour in
Archway Tower, Islington. Pic: Justin Cormack The take-up by developers of the new permitted development rights allowing offices to be converted into homes without planning permission has been far more...
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Three ways of making planning more conducive to prosperity…
…and three ways in which it already does the job Is planning the friend or foe of prosperity? The debate has been going on ever since the system was created. But the stakes have rarely seemed so high...
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