Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
We need a plan: getting old, and the “Levelling Up” White Paper
Why it’s so hard to get excited about another white paper.
Ask-a-planorak #9 - Paul Brocklehurst, Chairman of the Land Promoters & Developers Federation
10 questions with Paul Brocklehurst, Chairman of the LPDF
Levelling Down: notes from the party conferences
What we’ve learned from Brighton and Manchester about the future of planning reform.
Ask-a-planorak #8 - Helen Fadipe, founder of BAME Planners Network
10 questions with Helen Fadipe, the founder of the BAME Planners Network
“Tear it down and start again” - re-shuffles & the slow death of English planning reform
How we’ll know if the next minister is serious about planning reform.
The chosen one: Stonehenge, the Holocaust Memorial & alternative sites
When is a single site just not enough?
Virtual In-Planity: why remote events make planning better
The 2 best things about virtual planning appeals.
Notes from the Green Belt: what’s so very special about Colney Heath?
What the latest appeal decision in Hertfordshire’s Green Belt tells us about the test of “very special circumstances”.
Notes on planning reform: “the algorithm warmed us all up”
What today’s Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee report tells us about the future of planning reform.
Getting on the ladder: First Home *exception sites*
There’s a new exception site policy in town. Well. On the edge of town.
Old buildings: what’s new in heritage planning?
Why does the Secretary of State want to review national policy on built heritage?
Town centre planning: what’s the point?
What Class E to residential permitted development rights mean for planning policy in town centres.
The basics #10 - what words mean
Who decides what words in planning policies actually mean, and how do they do it?
A strange revolution: Class E-to-residential, and the end of virtual committee meetings
A tale of two planning laws: one which was made. And one which wasn't.