Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…


Virtual In-Planity: why remote events make planning better
The 2 best things about virtual planning appeals.

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.

6th May 2021: the day when planning stops?
Why 6th May 2021 has become a critical day for planners.


¡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.

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.

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.

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.

Roadblocks - 3 planning laws to change in lock-down
Planning can largely continue lawfully under lock-down, but not all of it. Not yet.