Rolling posts on UK planning law, policy, appeals, plan examinations…
¡Viva la revolución! - new beginnings in the English planning system?
What we learned yesterday on the Ministry’s plans for reform. And the (many more) things we don’t know.
Ask-a-planorak #5 - Charlotte Morphet, Women in Planning
10 questions with Charlotte Morphet, co-chair of Women in Planning.
Notes from the High Street: welcome to “Class E”
What this week’s reform of the Use Classes Order may mean for our high streets.
“Build build build” - when housing tilts the balance
What this week’s Nantwich appeal tells us about weighing housing delivery in the balance.
Virtual planning inquiries - 5 things I really like & something I love
I have seen the future, friends. And it’s virtual. Or at least a bit virtual.
The basics #7 - signed, sealed, delivered
What makes housing sites “deliverable” - a brief (non-technical) history.
Tipping the scales - is all bias bad bias?
The Holocaust Memorial scheme, and what happens when public bodies apply to themselves for planning permission.
In the zone #1 - Welcome to Euclid!
The Government’s considering “US-style” zoning. What does a 1926 US Supreme Court decision tell us about how those reforms may look? And why they might fail?
Ask-a-planorak #4 - Catriona Riddell
10 questions with Catriona Riddell on visionary plan-making, problems with the current plan-making framework and ideas for change.
“Levelling up” - court challenges to nationally significant infrastructure projects
Government’s plans to re-boot the economy will require consents for new infrastructure. Is the Planning Act 2008 regime up to the challenge?
Ask-a-planorak #3 - Philip Barnes, Group Land & Planning Director at Barratt Developments
10 questions with Philip Barnes, Group Land & Planning Director at Barratt Developments.
The basics #5 - something to fall back on
What is a “fall-back option”? When is it “material”?
Ask-a-planorak #2 - Graham Stallwood, Director of Operations at the Planning Inspectorate
10 questions with Graham Stallwood, the Director of Operations at the Planning Inspectorate.
People power - what’s wrong with neighbourhood plans
The problem the Lochailort Investments case reveals with the law on neighbourhood plans.
Roadblocks - 3 planning laws to change in lock-down
Planning can largely continue lawfully under lock-down, but not all of it. Not yet.
Ask-a-planorak #1 - Bridget Rosewell CBE
10 questions with Bridget Rosewell CBE on her reforms to planning inquiries, and the Planning Inspectorate’s approach to appeals during lock-down.
The basics #4 - not going to plan
How breaching policies & departing from plans fits into a plan-led world.