Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
In the zone #1 - Welcome to Euclid!
The Government’s considering “US-style” zoning. What does a 1926 US Supreme Court decision tell us about how those reforms may look? And why they might fail?
Ask-a-planorak #4 - Catriona Riddell
10 questions with Catriona Riddell on visionary plan-making, problems with the current plan-making framework and ideas for change.
“Levelling up” - court challenges to nationally significant infrastructure projects
Government’s plans to re-boot the economy will require consents for new infrastructure. Is the Planning Act 2008 regime up to the challenge?
Ask-a-planorak #3 - Philip Barnes, Group Land & Planning Director at Barratt Developments
10 questions with Philip Barnes, Group Land & Planning Director at Barratt Developments.
The basics #5 - something to fall back on
What is a “fall-back option”? When is it “material”?
Ask-a-planorak #2 - Graham Stallwood, Director of Operations at the Planning Inspectorate
10 questions with Graham Stallwood, the Director of Operations at the Planning Inspectorate.
People power - what’s wrong with neighbourhood plans
The problem the Lochailort Investments case reveals with the law on neighbourhood plans.
Roadblocks - 3 planning laws to change in lock-down
Planning can largely continue lawfully under lock-down, but not all of it. Not yet.
Ask-a-planorak #1 - Bridget Rosewell CBE
10 questions with Bridget Rosewell CBE on her reforms to planning inquiries, and the Planning Inspectorate’s approach to appeals during lock-down.
The basics #4 - not going to plan
How breaching policies & departing from plans fits into a plan-led world.
The basics #2 - Planning in a material world
The meaning of “material planning considerations”
Tilts, balances & baskets
Paragraph 11(d) of the revised NPPF - how is it triggered? And is it as tilted as it used to be?
