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Revised NPPF July 2024
The proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) announced by Angela Rayner inc...
Labour and Conservatives on Planning
We are in the middle of the campaign and both of the main parties, Conservatives and Labour, have pu...
Class Q and Class R – Changes to Permitted Development Rights
Significant changes were published last week to Class Q and Class R of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Gen...
The Exemptions to Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain
Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (“BNG”) came into effect on 12th February, for major development...
Autumn Statement – Planning Measures
In yesterday’s Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a number of measures to tackle t...
Small Sites Contributions
Several London Councils have adopted Local Plans in 2022 and several more are at advanced stages wit...
Levelling Up – Levys, S106 and CIL
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill revealed the Government’s intentions for the Infrastructure...
The Queens Speech – Our Takeaways
We had been promised so much, yet now it finally seems official that drastic planning reforms have b...
Councils Under Pressure
It has been long reported about Council planning departments struggling under the pressure of a sign...
NPPF Happy 10th Anniversary
Happy Anniversary Sunday 27th March marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the National P...