Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
Autumn notes: new Act, new minister, no plan(s)
The Levelling Up Act, our new planning minister, and the chronic failure to adopt plans in England.
Notes from the hustings: the end of “Stalinist housing targets”?
Why local housing need numbers aren’t Stalinist. And why they matter.
We need a plan: getting old, and the “Levelling Up” White Paper
Why it’s so hard to get excited about another white paper.
Don’t. Stop. Planning.
Why delaying plan-making because of the Planning White Paper is a very bad idea.
Well, now we *really* need to talk about the Green Belt
Green Belt planning… it isn’t going very well.
The end of Neighbourhood Plans?
What's left for Neighbourhood Plans to do under the Planning White Paper?
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.
Notes from the High Street: Class E vs. the NPPF
How Class E changes what English town planning is about.
¡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 #4 - Catriona Riddell
10 questions with Catriona Riddell on visionary plan-making, problems with the current plan-making framework and ideas for change.
People power - what’s wrong with neighbourhood plans
The problem the Lochailort Investments case reveals with the law on neighbourhood plans.
