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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched the National Housing Bank (NHB), a publicly owned subsidiary of Homes...
18th Jun
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The Welsh Government's Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has announced the findings of an independent review of Welsh marine planning...
17th Jun
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Natural England have jointly published guidance on the preparation and review of...
12th Jun
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Planning analysis: On 28 May 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) launched a technical consultation on proposed...
12th Jun
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Planning analysis: The government has published a working paper on reforming site size thresholds to support housing delivery on different types of...
12th Jun
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This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: High Court decisions on consultation of NPSs and temporary permitted development rights;...
12th Jun
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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published a section 35 direction under the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008), issued by the...
11th Jun
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In the Spending Review (SR) 2025, presented on 11 June 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, announced several measures...
11th Jun
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Planning analysis: The court confirmed that statutory consultation of a National Policy Statement (NPS) (or any review thereof) must be carried out in...
9th Jun
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The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has announced the launch of ‘Extract’—an AI tool, developed by the government in collaboration with Google...
9th Jun
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Planning analysis: In Shaman v Lambeth LBC, the court found that the Council had acted unlawfully and irrationally in granting a certificate of...
6th Jun
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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have announced that the...
6th Jun
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Planning analysis: On 25 May 2025, the government published a technical consultation on the implementation of a new statutory build-out reporting...
5th Jun
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This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of the BNG for NSIP consultation proposals; the Chief Planner’s update letter; a...
5th Jun
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Planning analysis: On 28 May 2025, Defra launched a consultation aiming to refine the biodiversity net gain (BNG) framework to better accommodate...
5th Jun
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The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation on proposed amendments to the national policy statement for ports—the first major...
4th Jun
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The Secretary of State for Transport has granted development consent for the M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme project. The project will comprise:...
4th Jun
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The Chief Planner, Joanna Averley, has published a planning update newsletter for June 2025, written for the chief planning officers at local planning...
3rd Jun
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation, seeking views on proposed approaches to simplify funding...
3rd Jun
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Planning analysis: This article examines the proposed implementation of biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements for nationally significant...
2nd Jun