Planning Magazine

The latest intelligence for planning professionals from independent information provider Planning magazine

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A council that had refused to comply with the new national scheme of delegation has now decided to abide with the controversial system “under protest”, while instructing officers to consider a potential judicial review against it.
https://t.co/bfw9IvvXtZ

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A planning inspector has approved a plan for 420 homes on a greenfield site allocated for housing in the local development plan after concluding that there would be no harm to highway safety and noting the area's housing land supply shortfall.
https://t.co/psIGt2aJTA

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An energy minister has refused plans for an 839-hectare solar farm due to its projected harm to the green belt and to nearby heritage buildings, marking the first renewable energy major infrastructure project to be blocked by the Labour government.
https://t.co/L6iPuoTzI5

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EXCLUSIVE: A real estate firm that once had one of the UK’s biggest planning consultancy teams has decided to shut its entire 25-strong planning division following a consultation, Planning can reveal.
https://t.co/pCmdXhQbas

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Plans have been submitted for a 25,400 square metre data centre on a 13-hectare greenfield site near a nature reserve, prompting concerns from local politicians and environmental groups.
https://t.co/NypPqZGrdS

[Alex King @alexdpking]

🚨 The government has rejected plans for a huge solar farm near Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire

The energy minister Margaret Curran cited green belt and heritage harm

It's the first time the Labour govt has refused a nationally significant solar project
https://t.co/eZqehtMYSp

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A law firm has promoted a planning lawyer who joined the company as a trainee to partner.
https://t.co/wkkAB10rMo

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A planning consultancy has promoted five planners including one to associate director.
https://t.co/QZsx6GcpTo

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A planning director at a volume housebuilder has retired after 25 years in the role.
https://t.co/jzYhfVo1fC

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A head of strategic planning has announced his retirement from the council where he has worked on “hundreds” of major projects over his 22-year stint.
https://t.co/3G8cJNvNOX

[Alex King @alexdpking]

EXCLUSIVE Real estate firm @JLL has decided to close its entire 25-strong planning team following a consultation.

A former insider says: “Friday 20 November is the last day for all planners at the firm.”

Full story ⤵️
https://t.co/6TmhOZQDkF

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A planning inspector has refused a developer's application submitted under ‘special measures’ procedures to build 293 homes on brownfield land after concluding that it would “fail to deliver a high-quality form of development”.
https://t.co/yOMqglw0kS

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A judge has refused to breathe new life into an attempted High Court bid to block enforcement action against an unlawful housing development over the claimant's "procedural errors" in launching the latest legal action.
https://t.co/RH9b5sCKBN

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A loophole in the national scheme of delegation that seeks to place more planning decisions in the hands of officers could allow elected members in authorities opposed to it to continue to influence application determinations, a planning expert has said.
https://t.co/WWgRNXtMU5

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Research has claimed that homes in England that have been converted from non-residential uses through the use of permitted development rights are “often substandard and poorly located, leading to health issues for their residents”.
https://t.co/FJnlnivKc4

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The government's new Energy Independence Bill promises to create an “improved planning and consenting environment” for electricity network infrastructure by “reducing unnecessary delays” and by “streamlining” processes.
https://t.co/X5LA0PbeNa

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A developer has been granted permission for a large-scale employment development on grey belt land, after an inspector concluded that the economic and social opportunities would outweigh adverse effects on the green belt.
https://t.co/uQOKcLDEqS

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A planning inspector has allowed plans for 280 homes in the green belt after concluding that the site constituted grey belt land and the area could only show a 0.98-year housing land supply, while awarding partial costs against the local authority.
https://t.co/VTslraOKQD

[Alex King @alexdpking]

NEW A planning expert tells me there's a loophole in the gov’s national scheme of delegation, which seeks to place more planning decisions in officers’ hands

They say there’s scope under the NSD for members to “consider” applications without deciding them
https://t.co/PEo9maKyXJ

[Alex King @alexdpking]

NEW Tameside Council in Greater Manchester has become the first to rebel for a second time against the government’s national scheme of delegation, which has now come into force and limits the ability of elected members to make planning decisions
https://t.co/i7MeGfSkjQ