Introduction On 30 July 2024, the Government issued a consultation paper on proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) together with a proposed draft text for the revised NPPF. At the same time, a Ministerial Statement entitled ‘Building the homes we need’ was made by Angela Rayner, the

Introduction With the appointment of a new Labour Government it is all change for the UK and in this blog post we discuss the new leadership team for planning and the expected reforms to the planning system to be introduced by the new Government as set out in the Labour

Introduction In this blog post we discuss the recent amendments which have come into force to permitted development rights for agricultural development. These amendments provide important flexibility to farmers and other agricultural developers to deliver this type of development What are the amendments? Permitted development rights provide the freedom for