All planning applications articles
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CommentAI could force us to re-imagine how public consultation in planning works
Residents are increasingly using AI tools to craft letters of objection to schemes en masse. We need to think about how technology could help us create a better planning system, writes Paul Smith
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CommentWe don’t need more planners to build more houses, we need fewer pointless rules
An overgrowth of conflicting regulations is strangling small-scale development, Robert Adam writes
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Features‘I worry for those who advocate for too much restraint’… The City’s new planning committee chair on the future of the Square Mile
Building sits down with Tom Sleigh for his first media interview after his appointment to one of the UK’s most high-profile planning roles
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NewsRaised fees alone cannot fix Scotland’s planning system, RTPI warns
Planning fees cover only 66% of processing costs, according to latest research
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Features‘We have witnessed increasing hostility in these meetings’... Architect Joe Morris explains what’s wrong with the planning system
Ben Flatman talks to Joe Morris about the complexities of the planning system and the importance of workplace civility
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CommentTo retain or rebuild? M&S case shows the industry needs rules
The High Court ruling overturning Michael Gove’s decision to deny M&S permission to redevelop its Oxford Street store shows that a framework setting out the conditions for redevelopment is urgently needed
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NewsRevised £1bn Richmond housing scheme gets green-light from council after Khan rejection
Mayor of London refused scheme in 2021 due to low levels of afffordable housing
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NewsHollywood stars given permission for revamp of ‘eyesore’ Wrexham football stadium
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney made headlines with their purchase of Welsh club in 2020
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NewsHousing minister admits planners are facing resourcing difficulties
Stuart Andrew says decision-making process taking ‘ridiculous amount of time’
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NewsBuilding costs and regulation worries put brakes on glut of towers planned for capital
Number of applications for blocks of 20-storeys or more down by a third from 2018 peak
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NewsPlans submitted for new Bury St Edmunds ‘garden’ hospital
Development part of government’s New Hospitals Programme
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NewsGreen light for Make’s controversial £400m South Bank scheme
Huge complex on site of ITV’s former London Studios cleared by Lambeth council following tense three-hour debate
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NewsPlanning consents surged in January
Glenigan report suggests last month’s plummeting project starts could be a blip
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NewsDerwent gets green light for brace of jobs close to BT Tower
Schemes have been designed by Piercy Co
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NewsProject starts slump 17% in second quarter
Glenigan review finds that planning approvals are also down by 14% compared to preceding three months
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NewsCity’s tallest tower handed formal OK
Decision letter for 1 Undershaft comes three years after Eric Parry building won backing
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NewsBishopsgate Goodyards homes increase not enough, says council
Latest proposals envisage 450 resi units, which is 50 short of planners’ demands
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NewsContractors put on notice for £25m Royal Veterinary College job
Work is due to start in the summer
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NewsEast London towers approved at appeal
Inspector overturns Tower Hamlets decision on a major proposal for second time in weeks