HBF planning director to become MD of trade body for land promoters and developers

City council approves development framework for 4,500-home 'new town' on former industrial site

How a ‘landmark’ Court of Appeal ruling clarifies the extent to which developers can vary planning permissions

33 things you need to know about the final version of the revised NPPF

How the revised NPPF’s six-year housing land supply requirement opens a window of opportunity for developers

The 63 councils that face the harshest sanction under the 2023 housing delivery test

The authorities that will see their housing need increase the most under the new standard assessment method

Devolution White Paper reaction: A seismic shift in planning across England but not a panacea to deliver more infrastructure

How the new NPPF changes the way councils and developers apply the flood risk sequential test

The planning market in 2025: business intelligence on the fastest growing sectors and the most in-demand skillsets

How the softening of the NPPF's 'golden rules' is already encouraging more green belt development

Promotional content: How AI can rebuild planning’s foundations

How the ‘worst planning authority in the country’ transformed into an award winner

Six key policy and legislation changes to expect in 2025

How the new grey belt designation would compel councils to release more green belt land

The councils that employed the most planners, and with the most planning vacancies, 2023/24

The authorities that earned the most income 2023/24

The authorities with the largest development management workload 2023/24

The authorities that saw the most appeals decided 2023/24

The councils that were the most active enforcers in 2023/24

The Planning Consultancy Market Report 2024: Overview

The biggest and fastest-growing planning consultants 2024

The highest-earning consultants 2023/24

The most in-demand skills in planning consultancy

The A-Z of planning consultancy fee rates 2024

Neighbourhood Watch: Town council submits neighbourhood plan that allocates 425 homes on greenfield sites

Housing Land Supply Watch: Inspector dismisses green belt homes plan despite council’s housing pipeline being one of the lowest in the country

Housing Land Supply Watch: Inspector upholds 145-home countryside scheme after council’s housing pipeline drops 41%

Local Plan Watch: City council announces ‘very quick’ 15-month timetable for new plan as current draft strategy set to be withdrawn

Housing Land Supply Watch: Council approves once-refused 114-home scheme after losing five-year supply

CIL Watch: Council agrees to delay developer's £2.77 million CIL payment until after demolition of former Debenhams building

Housing Land Supply Watch: Council’s supply pipeline plummets by six years after its housing need jumps 171%

Local Plan Watch: Surrey authority submits plan with homes target under a third of new local housing need

Housing Land Supply Watch: Inspector allows up to 65 homes on farmland after finding ‘considerable’ housing pipeline shortfall outweighed adverse landscape impacts

Neighbourhood Watch: Neighbourhood plan consulted on for second time after previous draft withdrawn over examiner’s 'procedural issues' concerns

Room 106, ep130: The chancellor's planning announcements aiming to kick-start economic growth

Room 106, ep129: The NPPF's ‘golden rules’ for developer contributions on green belt, plus the return of strategic planning

Room 106, ep128: What the housing secretary revealed about the government's planning intentions when she was grilled by MPs

Room 106, ep127: The biggest, fastest-growing and highest-earning planning consultancies and the most desirable job skills

Room 106, ep126: What the devolution white paper means for planning, plus the latest housing test delivery results

Room 106, ep125: Your 30-minute guide to the new National Planning Policy Framework

Room 106, ep124: How Angela Rayner wants to shake up planning committee decision-making

Law firm poaches 21 associates and partner from rival ‘most of whom are infrastructure planning specialists’

Inspector refuses grey belt housing scheme over failure to meet all three of the NPPF's ‘golden rules’

Government’s grey belt policy is ‘redundant’, Lords committee concludes

Government says proposed Land Use Framework will ‘interact’ with but not 'replace' planning system

Council urges PINS to proceed with local plan examination, weeks after inspector cancelled hearings after just one session

Government admits that £100m of ‘additional’ funding promised to LPAs for next year is ‘not new money’

Legal Viewpoint: Court of Appeal clarifies the scope of section 73 variations

Legal Viewpoint: Farnham – a helpful reminder on service and consideration of decision letters

Read the December edition of Planning Appeals and Legal Casebook online

Legal Viewpoint: Appeal Court provides commentary on when a use may be considered ancillary

Legal Viewpoint: Court clarifies procedural fairness obligations following consent order examinations

Legal Viewpoint: Why context is important when members depart from officer advice

Read the November edition of Planning Appeals and Legal Casebook online

Legal Viewpoint: When can enforcement against a change of use require removal of operational development?

Legal Viewpoint: What the High Court's quashing of the Cumbrian coal mine permission means for decision-makers

Legal Viewpoint: How much is too much in terms of carbon emissions?

How the planning system is treating ... prisons

Whatever happened to biodiversity net gain?

What the return of onshore wind power means for the planning system

How councils are acting in response to Labour’s proposed planning changes

The main planning issues in the new government’s in-tray

How the system is treating ... solar farms

Where Labour could find its promised grey belt sites for new housing

How the system is treating ... data centres