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This week’s poll: Is our planning system no longer fit for purpose?
This week's poll: Is our planning system no longer fit for purpose?
— Building News (@BuildingNews) June 18, 2018
The English planning system is in need of a total overhaul, according to the recent Raynsford review. What kind of changes might we implement to create a more straightforward system and one that puts people and communities at its core?
There are plans afoot to reform the planning system, but reforming the green belt won’t necessarily result in the countryside’s disappearance
With construction of tens of thousands of homes held up waiting for approval by the new regulator for high rise homes, Joey Gardiner assesses whether the plan by its new management will turn things around
A growing number of water companies are objecting to planning applications on the basis that there is not enough local sewage treatment capacity to cope with the new homes required, Joey Gardiner reports
The 50-year-old contractor’s legacy housing business went into administration last month due to the weight of building safety issues on its books. Joey Gardiner asks whether we are likely to see other companies suffer the same fate
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