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The Planning Inspectorate’s interim chief operating officer has told a board meeting that the body’s productivity has “increased consistently” over the past two years, as the number of open cases is now less than half what it was in 2023
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A council has been accused by a “shocked” civic society of appearing to use artificial intelligence in a planning application heritage statement that it produced, which wrongly referred to a historic building of the same name nearly 200 miles from the site
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The government’s moves to deregulate planning policy risks a "backlash against development" and pitting "different groups in society against each other" unless there is "a reset" to the approach, a coalition of planning and environmental groups have warned
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Reports on enforcement action that has ended up with the relocation of an unlawful gorilla statue across England and plans for another new town extension to Bristol begin our latest daily round-up of planning stories from across the news media.
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Room 106, Ep207: Why a council wants to withdraw from the new towns programme and how the PM has pushed back against it
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“Loopholes” in the government’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy are exacerbating unequal access to nature, according to a new report by nature groups, who have called for a statutory Equality Impact Assessment to be introduced for all BNG frameworks.
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A housing department minister has told the House of Lords that planning officers should be able to do their job without being intimidated and that any harassment of them “needs to stop”.
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Council threatens GLA with legal action over reduced affordable housing in home delivery stimulus package planningresource.co.uk/artic…
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A report that a council has been criticised for apparently including erroneous text generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in a planning application heritage statement leads our daily round-up of planning news in other media.
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A government agency that aims to promote more sustainable ways of travelling has begun a new “statutory role as a specific consultation body for new style local plans”, the chief planner has revealed
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Two councils are set to delay the publication of the final draft of their joint local plan for the third time to remove some housing sites, requiring officers to conduct “a huge amount of work” in a few weeks to meet the government’s December deadline
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The prime minister has indicated that the government will challenge a council’s decision to try to withdraw a green belt site from the new towns programme shortlist, saying that such decisions will be made in the “national interest alone”
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A council has been pursuing five developers for £318,000 in unpaid planning gain payments they collectively owe it in relation to consented housing projects over the past five years, it has been revealed
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A report of an interview with a farmer who faces possible jail after secretly building a home inside a barn without planning permission leads our daily round-up of planning news in other media.
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A university college has submitted plans to treble one of the country’s oldest science parks in size, increasing its footprint by almost half a million square metres, in a move endorsed by the chancellor of the exchequer.
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Reeves endorses science park’s plan to expand by half a million square metres
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The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge seeking to overturn a consent for a large solar farm on green belt, dismissing arguments that the introduction of the government’s grey belt policy should have prompted further consultation on the application
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Tributes have been paid to “formidable” planning and property silk and deputy High Court judge Steven Gasztowicz who has passed away after a short illness.
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A report of a survey revealing residents’ low confidence in a Home Counties council's planning enforcement work leads our daily round-up of planning news in other media.
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Planning Magazine retweeted
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SCOOP Andy Burnham “supports the government’s national position on grey belt”, a source close to him has told me
The gov's grey belt policy allows “low quality” green belt to be released for development
This is Burnham's first public stance on the policy
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The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and planning practice guidance (PPG) should include advice on how local authorities should handle representations generated by AI, the deputy chief executive of a Home Counties authority has urged.
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