All planning articles
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NewsHowells named as lead architect on 1,400-home Canning Town scheme
Site neighbours two other large Howells-designed developments at mouth of River Lea
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NewsFavourite emerges on £200m City office in Moorgate
Tenter House scheme finally on verge of construction after near 30-year development saga
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NewsErith lands concrete work on £300m Old Street roundabout tower
Office scheme set to be built by Multiplex will replace former HQ building
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CommentWhy puddles are the latest in a long list of obstacles to building the homes we need
The planning system no longer recognises the difference between rivers and puddles and this must be fixed, says Paul Smith
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News‘Housebuilders do not sit on land’ – HBF hits back at Rayner’s plan for slow build-out fines
Trade body calls on government to focus instead on the ‘actual reasons’ for subdued supply
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CommentLand banking by housebuilders: the baseless conspiracy theory that refuses to go away
Despite numerous reviews finding no evidence of housebuilders deliberately withholding land from the market, we are again having to talk about ‘unbuilt’ homes, writes Paul Smith
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FeaturesIt’s deja vu all over again: Can the Ox-Cam Arc work second time around?
The chancellor has given her backing to an expansion plan for the corridor connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge, including thousands of homes, which the previous government dropped. Joey Gardiner asks what hope the industry can have
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CommentPlanning reform and housing delivery in the year ahead – a lot to do but the signs are promising
Paul Smith describes the current planning reform landscape and finds positivity in the government’s general direction of travel
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CommentBacking the builders over the blockers signals real intent from the government
Labour’s development ambitions are bold and challenging. Industry must work with the government to create a positive cycle of growth, says Viral Desai at AtkinsRéalis
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NewsGrey belt policy ‘unlikely to have significant impact’ on housebuilding, Lords committee finds
Lord Moylan warns Angela Rayner that policy has been “rushed and incoherent”
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FeaturesThe 1.5 million-home question: Does the government’s planning reform programme add up?
Ministers unleashed a barrage of planning reforms in the dying days of 2024. Joey Gardiner asks if these can give the industry the boost it needs to get anywhere close to the government’s ambitious housebuilding target?
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NewsNew plans in for 17-storey tower over Southwark underground station
AHMM and TfL developer previously had plans approved in 2022
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Features‘Frankly, what’s the alternative?’ Turley’s Stephen Bell applauds the government’s planning vision
The chief executive of one of the UK’s largest planning consultants speaks to Tom Lowe about the implications of Labour’s final revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework and what needs to be done to achieve 1.5 million homes by the end of this parliament
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NewsGrey belt housing delivery will be ‘meaningful but not significant’, says minister
Pennycook tells Lords committee percentage of green belt to be released to be less than 10%
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CommentThe new NPPF: the time for waiting is over
There is much to like in the updated planning guidance but ministers should demand that new housing targets are delivered sooner rather than later, writes Paul Smith
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NewsRayner to set out ‘devolution by default’ plan to give mayors more powers over development
MHCLG white paper to propose local government shake-up and more strategic powers for mayors on housing and transport projects
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NewsMinisters to be given final say on approving onshore wind schemes under new decarbonisation plan
Proposals also include new power for Ofgem to prioritise projects waiting for a grid connection
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FeaturesUpdated National Planning Policy Framework explained
The government’s proposed changes to national planning policy saw just a few tweaks from the draft set out in the summer. Daniel Gayne looks at what has stayed and what has been changed
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NewsNPPF: Government drops 50% affordable housing requirement for grey belt sites
Labour yields to key housebuilder ask as it launches NPPF with 370,000-home mandatory housing target
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NewsRayner announces plan to bypass local committees to stop developments ‘getting stuck in the system’
Housing secretary pledges to remove ‘subjectiveness’ and allow applications to be approved if they follow local plan and NPPF