Introduction A new year of course brings with it more planning reform, even despite the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown. The Government has recently announced a consultation which proposes changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).  In addition to the proposed changes to the NPPF, the Government has also published for…

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…