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Permission Impossible: Britain’s Planners – reaction to episode 1
Twitter reacts to the first episode of a new series of fly-on-the-wall documentary series The Planners, which returned to our screens yesterday evening on BBC2. [View the story "Permission Impossible:...
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Data blog: which local authorities have the most green belt land within their...
Figures published last week by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show that the extent of the designated green belt in England in 2012/13 was estimated at more than 1.6 million...
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Data blog: which authorities are most constrained by the green belt?
There must be an election on the way. The month of March has already seen two ministerial interventions on the green belt, as part of what looks like a move by planning minister Nick Boles – described...
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Budget 2014: the sector reacts
Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget, unveiled yesterday, contained a raft of planning-related announcements, including news that a review of the General Permitted Development Order will be carried out...
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Data blog: empty homes ‘reach 10-year low’
New figures, published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), show that the number of empty homes in England has fallen to the lowest level since 2004. According to the figures,...
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Never knowingly undersold: Would planning departments make ‘great mutuals’?
In a blog published this week on the Conservative Home website, Benedict McAleenan, a former Conservative Party agent, argues that local authority planning teams should be allowed to become mutuals, a...
View ArticleBrownfield land and housing zone announcement: sector reaction
Last night, the chancellor George Osborne announced plans that would require councils to introduce local development orders, that pre-grant planning permission for certain kinds of development, “on...
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Data blog: special measures for the secretary of state?
One argument often deployed by critics of the government’s controversial special measures policy is that, when it comes to making speedy planning decisions, the secretary of state’s own performance...
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Boles: the verdict
With Nick Boles hot-footing it away from the Department for Communities and Local Government, Planning asked sector experts to give their verdict on his time as planning minister. Roger Hepher, head of...
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Data blog: Scottish household projections predict slower rate of growth
New household projections just published north of the border predict a slower rate of growth than earlier estimates, a close look at the figures reveals. The 2012-based household projection figures,...
View ArticleNew planning documentary seeks contributors
Planning looks set to hit the small screen once again in a new documentary series being put together for Channel 4. Production company North One Television is making the series which will, the firm...
View ArticleCPRE v Policy Exchange: the rematch
Spats between centre-right think-tank Policy Exchange and countryside lobby group the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) have been a fixture of party conference season in recent years. This year...
View ArticleData blog: office-to-residential prior approval applications, mapped
Yesterday, the Department for Communities and Local Government published data giving the first glimpse of the take-up of controversial new rules allowing offices to be converted to homes without...
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Eight lessons on planning from the Lib Dem party conference
Housebuilding is a major priority for the Lib Dems. The party re-affirmed its commitment to build 300,000 homes a year. Party president Tim Farron proposed a conference motion to accelerate housing...
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Data blog: three authorities took bites from the green belt in 2013/14
Three local planning authorities adopted new plans in 2013/14 which resulted in a decrease in the overall area of England’s green belt, according to official figures published today. According to the...
View ArticleLyons Report: industry reaction
Labour’s long-awaited Lyons report into boosting housing supply was published yesterday. Planning has collated the reaction from across the planning sector. Liz Peace, chief executive of the British...
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Data blog: Welsh local development plan coverage improves
This week the Welsh government published a document showing the progress of Wales’ local planning authorities in preparing local development plans. According to the document, as of 24 October 2014, 14...
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Data blog: watchdog report outlines where the cuts have fallen
Council planning and development services have been subjected to the deepest local government cuts between 2010 and 2015, a report published today by public spending watchdog the National Audit Office...
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Autumn Statement 2014: Reaction
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his 2014 Autumn Statement earlier today. Planning will be publishing reaction from across the planning sector as it happens. Jeremy Castle, director in central...
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