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Planning for the future

Published: 20.03.20

Last week, the Government set out their approach for planning, in the form a ministerial statement. ...

Digitalisation in Planning for councils

Published: 04.11.19

Interview with Brett Leary, Head of Planning and Building Control at Redbridge Council. How have you...

Small sites – just how valuable are they

Published: 27.09.19

London has a housing shortage, which most of us are acutely aware of. In the new iterations of the &...

Precision Manufactured Homes, not Prefab housing

Published: 04.09.19

Interview with Jamie Parr, Director of BD Solutions. Who are BD Solutions and what services do you o...

Houses of multiple occupation (HMO) – what’s the latest?

Published: 09.08.19

Important planning and licencing requirements for HMOs....

Q&A with Chris Kirby

Published: 24.05.19

Q: What are you most looking forward to getting your teeth into at Planning Insight? The prospect of...

Saving the high street – from a planners perspective

Published: 24.05.19

Small independent shops versus the big chains; bricks and mortar versus online; the debate about the...

Southall Court Granted

Published: 10.04.19

We have today received planning permission from the London Borough of Ealing for the application at ...

NPPF implications – Green Belt

Published: 10.04.19

Whilst Green Belt land continues to be afforded a high level of protection,  the new NPPF’s narr...

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...

The Year Ahead

Following a well-earned break over Christmas, we are back and all guns blazing. 2021 was an incredib...

Planning Decisions

The latest data on planning decisions from the previous quarter were released at the end of 2021. Of...

Class R Experience

Planning Insight has helped clients deliver a number of permissions under Class R of the Town and Co...