12/08/2020
As an industry, we’ve been anticipating the launch of the Planning for the Future White Paper with baited breath. Now it’s landed, we’ve read it and thought, there’s some good ideas ... Read more
05/08/2020
It is always badged as “radical”. Over the course of the ten housing and planning ministers that have assumed the post since 2010, each has identified the planning system as a major prob... Read more
04/08/2020
Buried amongst the raft of changes announced last week by MHCLG on new PD rights and Use Classes, the new rights on demolition of buildings and the construction of new dwellinghouses (‘Cla... Read more
29/07/2020
Since Robert Jenrick announced a radical shake-up of the planning system there has been a lot of speculation as to whether the English planning system will move from a discretionary to a zon... Read more
22/07/2020
We are experiencing a transport revolution. City dwellers are shunning public transport in favour of travel methods that increase social distancing, presenting an opportunity for electric mo... Read more
15/07/2020
Our high streets are back – retail reopened, alfresco dining and gyms not far away.
However, despite initial queues following easing of restrictions, shopper numbers are well below pre-... Read more
08/07/2020
If critics are to be believed, financial factors trump good design, resulting in a ‘quantity over quality’ approach to housing development. But generalisations are unhelpful. And evidenc... Read more
03/07/2020
Much has been written over the past months on “the new normal” and how various industries are adapting to this strange new world we find ourselves in. The development industry in particu... Read more
01/07/2020
Recent analysis by the Centre for Progressive Policy has concluded that the economic impact of COVID-19 will vary significantly across the country. Parts of the Midlands and the North West a... Read more