The deadline for responses to the Planning White Paper consultation passes this week (29 October). Many organisations with different and competing interests have expressed

After a flurry of excitement, it now looks as though the devolution and recovery white paper is delayed until next year. The hotly anticipated

Everyone loves a good motorway service area! When the first service station opened for business 60 years ago, many people perceived them to be

Everyone loves a good motorway service area! When the first service station opened for business 60 years ago, many people perceived them to be

This Tuesday, I was lucky enough to be asked to take part in a round table with the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) chaired by Rt Hon Nick Raynsford. 

Build, build, build. The government is moving fast and breaking things again. The planning system is to be reformed. The red tape bonfire has

According to the Sunday Times (£), radical, status-quo-hating Dominic Cummings is focusing some of his energies into reforming the planning system, rightfully keen for

The Government has previously sought to restart the housing market by announcing a raft of further changes to support planning decision making. We are

When the Coronavirus Act received Royal Assent last month, it opened the door to new modern ways of working in the planning industry by removing the legal requirement for planning committees to meet in person.

January has seen the release of two critical reports into the poor quality of Britain’s new housing, raising the question as to how housing

The level of state control in the British planning system is also relatively unusual compared to other Western countries – “building is the sole major industry in which you can only do something if you have specific, detailed permission from the state”.