Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…



Winter notes: anti-woke enforcers, and news from the planning courts
3 recent Court of Appeal decisions not to miss.



#NPPF2024 - what we thought about… (2) housing numbers
Return of the mutant algorithm wars.

#NPPF2024 - what we thought about… (1) the “Grey Belt”
10,000 responses later, the picture is beginning to emerge. And it's grey.




Election 2024: what’s *new* about New Towns?
What are Labour’s plans for new towns, and will they work?

#Plan-ifestoes 2024: how many houses?
What joys the parties have in store for housebuilding.


The basics #18 - planning barristers, Linkedin, and the “cab rank” rule
The role and responsibility of barristers on social media.

Ask-a-planorak #11 - Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation
10 quick-hit questions with Kate Henderson, the Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation.

This is not just *any* judgment: M&S in the High Court
This week’s High Court judgment on carbon and the M&S store on Oxford Street.

Buildin’ in the Rain: flood risk in the courts
Notes on a new High Court judgment on flood risk policy.

Beauty on the South Bank
What the Secretary of State’s approval of a scheme on the south bank of the Thames tells us about the debate over “beauty” in the planning system.


The basics #16 - why *4 year* housing land supply doesn’t mean what you may think
A primer on the Government’s new “4 year housing land supply” policy.

#PlanningReformDay 2023 - what just happened?
You’d better watch out. You’d better not cry.