Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
The basics #9 - “Permission in Principle”
The state of the law on PiPs, and the Government’s proposals for reform.
Planning vs. politics - 3 big tests facing “Planning for the Future”
3 key political challenges for the planning White Paper and its approach to housing numbers.
In the zone #2 - Welcome to “Growth” areas
How to promote development in the “Growth” areas proposed in the “Planning for the Future” White Paper.
Back to the drawing board: the state of the law on section 73 “variations”
Where things stand after a big year for the law on amending planning permissions.
Notes from the High Street: Class E vs. the NPPF
How Class E changes what English town planning is about.
A National Housing Plan - the White Paper’s really radical idea
The new “binding” standardised housing targets in “Planning for the Future”.
Ask-a-planorak #6 - Christopher Katkowski QC
10 questions with Christopher Katkowski QC, part of the Government’s “Planning for the Future” task force.
¡Viva la revolución! - new beginnings in the English planning system?
What we learned yesterday on the Ministry’s plans for reform. And the (many more) things we don’t know.
Ask-a-planorak #5 - Charlotte Morphet, Women in Planning
10 questions with Charlotte Morphet, co-chair of Women in Planning.
Notes from the High Street: welcome to “Class E”
What this week’s reform of the Use Classes Order may mean for our high streets.
“Build build build” - when housing tilts the balance
What this week’s Nantwich appeal tells us about weighing housing delivery in the balance.
Virtual planning inquiries - 5 things I really like & something I love
I have seen the future, friends. And it’s virtual. Or at least a bit virtual.
The basics #7 - signed, sealed, delivered
What makes housing sites “deliverable” - a brief (non-technical) history.
Tipping the scales - is all bias bad bias?
The Holocaust Memorial scheme, and what happens when public bodies apply to themselves for planning permission.
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?