All planning articles
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NewsJenrick will meet backbench rebels to win support for planning reforms
Communities secretary insists plans will help small housebuilders
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News
Local MP launches objection to £800m Greenwich scheme, saying it is too tall
OMA-designed development would include four towers up to 36-storeys in height
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Construction reacts to Queen’s Speech
Major planning overhaul at centre of government’s agenda for the year
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Councils call for power to tax developers to speed up projects
Local authorities want to levy council tax on homes granted planning but not built out
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Jenrick confirms huge expansion of high street and hospital PD rights
Housing secretary allows conversion of wide range of premises to homes without planning permission
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Weston confirms it will challenge Jenrick’s decision to throw out Norwich tower
Housebuilder’s £271m Anglia Square scheme rejected by housing secretary last month
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Jenrick abandons ‘mutant’ housing algorithm to focus on urban development
Change of course sees rural areas spared and more investment in North and Midlands
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Legal challenge to overturn PD expansion fails
Campaigners pledge appeal as high court rules in favour of planning deregulation
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Government to U-turn on housing formula
Reports come amid speculation over future of white paper reforms in light of Dominic Cummings’ departure from No10
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Features
What does the political backlash mean for planning reform?
A government climbdown on a new formula to determine housing need looks inevitable in the face of Tory backbench revolt. Will it now also have to backtrack on its wider planning reforms, asks Joey Gardiner
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Planning bill set for significant delay
Analysts suggest legislation to implement white paper reforms may not come forward before May local elections
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Four chasing first deal at Grosvenor’s £500m homes scheme in Bermondsey
South London job designed by KPF
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Planning reform U-turn a possibility, housing minister hints
Government will address concerns over housing numbers algorithm, Chris Pincher tells unhappy Tory MPs
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Former PM slams government planning reforms
Theresa May criticises ‘ill-conceived’ housing numbers algorithm
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Comment
Wrong answers to wrong questions: why the planning proposals are flawed
The planning system needs wholesale reform but this white paper is not how to do it, writes Julia Park
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Jenrick announces plan to break dominance of volume housebuilders
Housing secretary says planning reforms will have failed if ‘market concentration’ is not reduced
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Lords committee flags concerns about new planning system
Worries raised over whether changes have been subject to enough scrutiny
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Comment
The government’s ‘algorithm for homes’ may be its next A-level style fiasco
Proposals to change the method behind England’s housing targets could dash hopes of leveling up, says Clive Docwra
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Campaigners push ahead with permitted development rights legal challenge
Judicial review of new permitted developments rights, which came into force yesterday, launched
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Government to rethink planning formula after backbench backlash
Reports suggest review of formula being conducted just three weeks after it was launched
