The planning minister has responded to a residents’ petition urging the government to encourage the revocation of 1950s “blanket” planning consents that allow large warehouse developments without modern standards. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A council has approved plans for up to 700 homes on an unallocated green belt site, after officers advised that "very special circumstances", including the borough's 1.2-year housing land supply, justified the consent. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

An inspector has allowed plans for up to 250 homes on unallocated farmland, finding that the council’s flood risk concerns were based on a “highly unlikely” scenario and awarding the appellant partial costs over the authority’s “unreasonable” behaviour. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A planning inspector has allowed a 635-home scheme on unallocated agricultural land, concluding that the appellants should be allowed the option of making an affordable housing contribution, rather than providing such homes on-site, as a “last resort”. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

The High Court has dismissed an effort to overturn a planning inspector’s refusal of plans for a 33-home development on highway safety grounds, rejecting arguments that the “need to impose works on unwilling landowners” were not material considerations. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A House of Lords committee has warned that the government’s “new towns programme is threatened by static supply of energy and water”, cautioning that the proposed large new settlements should not have to compete for utilities with data centre projects. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A planning inspector has upheld a local authority’s enforcement notice requiring a stables owner to stop using part of the building unlawfully as a home but found that the man had not deliberately concealed the development. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A local authority has put a “temporary pause” on its local plan preparation, arguing that recent government policy changes have put the council in an “extremely difficult and invidious position”. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

London’s deputy mayor for planning has overturned a council’s resolution to refuse 463 homes, concluding that the project’s benefits outweighed conflict with policies requiring a “town centre first” approach to such uses. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A House of Lords peer has tabled a parliamentary question asking whether the government agrees with an inspector’s finding that unmet affordable housing need can trigger the “presumption in favour of sustainable development” in national policy. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A judge has thrown out a housebuilder’s attempt to overturn an inspector’s refusal of its plans for an 867-home shopping centre redevelopment, describing one of its grounds of challenge as an “artificial and unduly narrow” reading of national policy. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

Two councils under no overall political control have rejected updating their authorities’ constitutions to align with the government’s national scheme of delegation, which limits the ability of elected members to make planning decisions. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

The number of permission in principle (PiP) applications decided by local planning authorities (LPAs) in England rose by 80.7 per cent in the latest quarter compared to the same period last year, new government figures reveal. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A city council has approved a university college’s application to demolish a library and build a replacement that is “identical” to earlier permitted plans that are set to be quashed in the High Court. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A planning consultancy has issued a warning over an abusive voicemail from an “unidentified caller” after a council planning committee refused its client’s proposals to build 200 homes. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

The housing ministry is seeking councils to “test and embed” a new standardised local plan site submission tool, which the department says could help speed up the plan-making process. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

English local planning authorities on average received almost £600,000 each over the past three years from planning performance agreements (PPAs), a new report by a housebuilding industry body has found. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

A council has refused a volume housebuilder's plans for a 1,345-home, 36-storey mixed-use scheme on a former industrial site against the advice of officers, after members concluded that the proposed 12 per cent affordable housing provision was too low. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

The planning minister has told the Planning Inspectorate chief executive that the revised national planning policy “designed to boost housing supply and unlock economic growth”, highlighting what he calls its “universal tilt” towards granting permission. planningresource.co.uk/artic…

EXCLUSIVE: A 35-year-old planning and development consultancy with 17 chartered planners has entered administration prior to being acquired by a property firm. planningresource.co.uk/artic…