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