Rolling posts on UK planning law & policy
#2026NPPF: 5 bits that aren’t working
2 months in… here are 5 things that just aren’t working.
Mind the Gap: planning for London, and the death of the “standard method”
The end of local housing need.
Why NPPFs fail #1 - planning by committee
National planning policy is failing. We should talk about why.
🏆 The #Planoraks 2025 - the new NPPF 🏆
It’s mid-December. That can only mean one thing: awards season.
#Planoraks Christmas Quiz 2025: Spot That Grey Belt!
December is finally here: time for a quiz.
What does planning permission *really* get you: CG Fry in the Supreme Court
The headline from today’s Supreme Court judgment.
#Planoraks Summer Quiz 2025: the worst planning article… *ever*?
Beauty, Donald Trump and Simon Jenkins - oh my!
Floods, puddles and “strong” refusals
3 big appeals on flood risk and “strong reasons to refuse” permission.
London calling: the big change in the next London Plan
The first strategic review of London’s green belt… ever.
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.
