Posts Tagged ‘White Paper on Planning’
Planning for a sustainable home
Looking at making your existing or future home sustainable and eco-friendly? There are some planning issues you will need to consider… Developing with sustainability in mind Last month we looked at whether the latest planning guidelines – outlined in the latest white paper ‘Planning for the Future’ – really did enough to encourage a sustainable…
Read MoreDo the latest planning changes embrace sustainability?
The planning White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’ covered a lot of ground when it came to bringing the planning industry into the 21st century, but does it do enough to address the issue of sustainability? Sustainable planning Sustainability should be a major part of the planning process across the UK – after all, it…
Read MoreAutumn debut for planning bill
Following the publication of the white paper ‘Planning for the Future’ last summer, planning developments look likely to move forward as the Planning Bill has been brought forward to this autumn… New Planning Bill There are changes ahead – and sooner than we thought – as it looks likely that the planning bill that is…
Read MoreLooking good – a new 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…
Read More2020 – A Year in Planning
2020 was quite a year to say the least. We take a look at how the planning world has responded to the pandemic and how it is looking to the future… Quarter One 2020 Take yourself back to almost a year ago. Back in February 2020, we were hearing tales of a terrible virus in…
Read MoreHow technology could change the planning system
In our latest article looking at the Government’s planning white paper, we consider how technology and digital communication could improve the system… Technology and digital communication has certainly shown its worth since March 2020, as more meetings and processes have gone online in a bid to keep things running as smoothly as possible while the…
Read MoreDeveloper Levy Changes on the Cards
We take a final look at the Government’s planning white paper, this time focusing on Pillar Three – planning for infrastructure and connected places… This month we focus on Pillar Three of the government’s planning White Paper, which looks at planning for infrastructure and connected places. If you’ve been reading our monthly blog, you’ll remember…
Read MoreLooking good – planning White Paper focuses on beautiful developments
This month we focus on Pillar Two of the government’s planning White Paper, which looks at creating communities and sustainable homes… If you’re keeping up with our monthly blog, you’ll know that in August we explored the bones of the government’s lengthy White Paper entitled Planning for the Future. However, there’s a lot more to…
Read MorePlanning for the future
The UK government’s plans for planning and building place ‘beautiful homes with communities’ is at the core of the new system… This month (August) sees the government consulting on its ‘Planning for the Future’ White Paper, which as we reported last month, aims to overhaul what is an outdated planning system. It sets out 24…
Read MoreWhat’s in store for planning post-Brexit?
For months (and years) we have been wondering what will happen if and when Brexit happened – then there was a General Election to contend with. Now we know (more or less) where we stand, what progress and changes are we likely to see for the planning industry? It certainly looks like the end of…
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