Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
#NPPF2024 - what we thought about… (1) the “Grey Belt”
10,000 responses later, the picture is beginning to emerge. And it's grey.
🏆 The #Planoraks 2023 - worst planning reform of the year 🏆
The nominations are in. It’s time for the biggest prize of the year.
Notes from the Green Belt: welcome to Basildon
What we can learn from a recent housing appeal in the Green Belt outside Billericay.
We need a plan: getting old, and the “Levelling Up” White Paper
Why it’s so hard to get excited about another white paper.
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 from the Green Belt: what’s so very special about Burley-in-Wharfedale?
What the Secretary of State’s latest decisions on “very special circumstances” really show us.
A case for strategic planning… beyond the Arc!
If it’s good enough for Ox-Cam, why can’t we all have it?
Elephants in the Room: Green Belts vs. the Housing Delivery Test
There can only be one winner.
Well, now we *really* need to talk about the Green Belt
Green Belt planning… it isn’t going very well.
