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New statistics have revealed that planning permissions granted to developers for new homes in England dropped significantly in the second half of 2010.
The New Housing Pipeline quarterly report, which...
The Localism Bill – implications for planning
After much delay, the Localism Bill was finally published on 13 December 2010.
The Bill, which aims to transfer more central government powers to local level, includes proposals to significantly reform...
Planning Inspectorate issues new Regional Strategies statement
Another week, another development in the ongoing Regional Strategies saga.
In November, I wrote that, following a judicial review launched by Cala Homes (South) Ltd, the High Court had ruled that the...
Government suffers another setback over the scrapping of the Regional Strategies
The Government has suffered a further setback after the High Court ruled that, until further notice, local planning authorities should not take into account the Government’s intention to abolish the...
High Court rules that the Government acted unlawfully in revoking the Regional Strategies
The High Court has ruled today (10 November) that the Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, acted unlawfully when he unilaterally revoked the Regional Strategies in England.
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Housebuilder launches legal challenge to Government’s abolition of the Regional Strategies
Last month, I wrote that the abolition of the Regional Strategies in May and the general uncertainty over the Government’s planning policy had left housebuilders ‘in limbo’, with a number of development...
Developers ‘in limbo’ following change in planning
I recently wrote about the Government’s decision this month to officially scrap Regional Strategies and their centrally-imposed home building targets – and the problems that this change would initially...
Regional house-building targets have been scrapped
The Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has scrapped Regional Strategies and their centrally-imposed building targets – fulfilling a commitment which the Government made in its Coalition Agreement on...