Inspectors back Denbighshire local plan

Planning inspectors have backed a Welsh council's local development plan (LDP) following an earlier suspension of the examination into the document over concerns that it had failed to address a shortfall in housing supply sites.

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Masterplan for 3,500-home London scheme submitted

Masterplan for 3,500-home London scheme submitted

03 May 2013

A masterplan for a 3,500-home scheme on the River Thames opposite Canary Wharf has been submitted to the London Borough of Lewisham for approval.

 
 
New HCA boss vows to prove agency's value

New HCA boss vows to prove agency's value

18 April 2013

The new boss of national housing and regeneration quango the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has said that he wants to prove the organisation's value to the government.

 
 
Successful bidders for government's Build to Rent fund announced

Successful bidders for government's Build to Rent fund announced

16 April 2013

The first 45 projects to take advantage of a £1 billion government fund to support the provision of private sector rented homes have been announced.

 
 
Adonis calls for new strategic transport agency for North East

Adonis calls for new strategic transport agency for North East

11 April 2013

A new transport agency should be set up in England's North East to take on strategic transport planning powers and fund major projects, according to a report by Labour peer Lord Adonis.

 
 
HCA 'exceeds homes and office targets'

HCA 'exceeds homes and office targets'

10 April 2013

The government's housing and regeneration agency has said that it disposed of land for 4,700 new homes and created more than 322,000 square metres of employment space in the past year.

 
 

Opinion

Alex Morton: Simple steps could see off UKIP

Housing continues to climb the political agenda, as does UKIP. One of UKIP's weapons is local planning issues.

Making the most out of incentive for new homes

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We must be courageous on homes

Some good things are happening. The decline in smoking, for instance. And the increased use of e-mail. These are useful because they mean a reduction in the number of fag packets, and backs of envelopes, on which the government and its advisers can j...

Fyson: Eden model won't solve housing crisis

Acceptance by local referendum of the first of the new neighbourhood plans occurred in the emptiest part of the most sparsely populated district in England, which could be a matter of coincidence or contrivance, but at first sight hardly appears impo...

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Rise of the sub-regional plan

Rise of the sub-regional plan

17 May 2013

From this month, business-led Local Enterprise Partnerships will be given funding to draw up sub-regional growth plans. How will these fit into the planning system, asks John Geoghegan .

 
 
How We Did It: The first NPPF-compliant revised plan

How We Did It: The first NPPF-compliant revised plan

03 May 2013

Mid Suffolk is the only local authority to have completed the revision of an adopted local plan to bring it into line with the NPPF. How did it do it so promptly, asks Ben Cook .

 
 
David Curtis - The planning negotiator

David Curtis - The planning negotiator

22 February 2013

The Homes and Communities Agency director is examining which planning gain deals are inhibiting housebuilding.

 
 
Policy patchwork

Policy patchwork

08 February 2013

By the end of this month, two regional strategies will have been revoked. But most remain in force. Ben Cook asks how the protracted abolition process has affected development.

 
 

Beacons of excellence

30 November 2012

The 45 judges involved in this year's Regeneration & Renewal Awards have chosen their 14 winners. Colin Marrs and Stuart Watson report on what made these schemes stand out.

 
 
Heseltine returns to the filing system

Heseltine returns to the filing system

16 November 2012

Thirty years ago, Lord Heseltine accused planning of stifling growth. His new report argues that the problem remains, reports Richard Garlick .

 
 
 


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