Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
#NPPF2024 - what we thought about… (2) housing numbers
Return of the mutant algorithm wars.
#Plan-ifestoes 2024: how many houses?
What joys the parties have in store for housebuilding.
Ask-a-planorak #11 - Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation
10 quick-hit questions with Kate Henderson, the Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation.
The basics #16 - why *4 year* housing land supply doesn’t mean what you may think
A primer on the Government’s new “4 year housing land supply” policy.
The basics #15 - rivers, embargoes and Brexit
What the High Court told us last week about nutrient neutrality post-Brexit.
Gove, beauty and a curious tale from Kent
What Michael Gove’s recent refusal of a housing scheme in Cranbrook tells us about the beauty agenda.
Notes from the Green Belt: welcome to Basildon
What we can learn from a recent housing appeal in the Green Belt outside Billericay.
Notes from the hustings: the end of “Stalinist housing targets”?
Why local housing need numbers aren’t Stalinist. And why they matter.
#LURB - the end of 5 year housing land supply?
The real problem with 5 year housing land supply.
Getting on the ladder: First Home *exception sites*
There’s a new exception site policy in town. Well. On the edge of town.
Elephants in the Room: Green Belts vs. the Housing Delivery Test
There can only be one winner.
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.
A National Housing Plan - the White Paper’s really radical idea
The new “binding” standardised housing targets in “Planning for the Future”.
“Build build build” - when housing tilts the balance
What this week’s Nantwich appeal tells us about weighing housing delivery in the balance.