Looking good – a new national design code

National Design Code

Beauty and placemaking are the focus of proposed changes to the NPPF and a draft national design code Tree-lined streets are just one of the changes we can expect to see on new developments in the future if the government’s draft proposals pan out. Following the publication of the Planning White Paper Planning for the…

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The Budget and Planning Reforms

Home plan

Planning, housing and developers got a double boost with the 2020 Budget, followed by the announcement of a long list of planning reforms… The spring 2020 Budget gave some good news to house builders (and goodness knows everyone needs some good news at the moment!). The Chancellor, in his debut Budget, promised that the government…

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Housing and Planning Bill – an Update

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During October, the government made a number of announcements alongside the new Housing and Planning Bill – all aiming to achieve the government’s ambition of creating one million homes by 2020.  Some of the measures being put in place to achieve this goal will create very interesting opportunities for developers! From temporary to permanent The…

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