The Government has been particularly busy over the last month reforming the planning system, not just with some minor tweaks here and there, but this time also proposing some radical wholesale reforms for the future. In this blog post, we seek to provide a brief summary and also our comments…

On 13 May 2020, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) in response to the impacts from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) published an update on planning matters, including temporary measures to make it easier to operate the planning system. The update can be accessed in full at the website…

On 12 March 2020, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published a policy document entitled ‘Planning for the Future’ which sets out the Government’s plans for the delivery of housing and further reforms to the planning system. The Government has also announced that this document will be…