All planning articles
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NewsWeston 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
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Comment
For and against: Two planning experts debate reforms in the white paper
White paper taskforce member Chris Katkowski says the reforms will simplify planning while TCPA chair Mary Parsons thinks it will reduce democratic oversight
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Comment
A planning committee member on the planning reforms
Sachin Shah says the white paper has some good ideas but will neuter local democracy
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Features
Ten things you need to know about the planning white paper
Government’s planning white paper sets out to radically reform the system
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Comment
Doubling down on a failing policy: Why PD rights are so wrong
Extending permitted development flies in the face of all expert advice and reveals this government’s warped priorities, says Richard Steer
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Surveyors lay into government’s planning reforms
RICS joins RIBA in slamming proposals to allow developers to pull down vacant buildings without planning permission
