Senior Planner at @Lichfieldsuk - Commenting mainly on housing need, supply and planning appeals.
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Buffer the land supply slayer
@HarryJBennett's blog looks at how the changes proposed to the 5YHLS policy test have been translated in to draft amends to the NPPF that are planned to become policy in ‘Spring 2023.’
See full blog here: lichfields.uk/blog/2023/janu…
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The Secretary of State has published a Written Ministerial Statement that updates on the direction of travel for housing need/requirement, local plans, neighbourhood plans, five year housing land supply and the 20% buffer, second homes - and fees
questions-statements.parliam…
DLUHC head of design& planning reform quoted in LGC article (£)
Funding for resourcing planning departments initially about innovative ways of recruiting, rather than funding planning departments
Consultation on increasing fees still on the way, hopefully
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Today, the Supreme Court considered the effect of development under successive permissions in Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority. The case raises issues of importance in planning law. Robin Green was junior counsel for the Appellant.
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Five year land supply: Not dead after all
Amendment to the 5YHLS requirement has been suggested in the Government’s ‘Policy Paper’ that sits alongside the ‘Levelling up and Regeneration’ bill.
See @HarryJBennett's full blog: lichfields.uk/blog/2022/may/…
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Counting the cost of delay: The economic impact of Local Plan delay to housing delivery
Rachel Clements, Harry Bennett & Isla Bowman explore the social and economic impacts of the recent slew of local plan delays.
See full blog: lichfields.uk/blog/2022/apri…
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Our top story this week: How a court ruling has liberated #councils to factor previous over-delivery into their #housing land supply calculations: planningresource.co.uk/artic…
Comment from @HarryJBennett @LSHtweets @POSisit @JoeCannonLondon @Pinsent_Masons @DLPPlanning
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Our top story this week: The implications of the softening of this year's #housing delivery test planningresource.co.uk/artic…
Comment from @GL_Hearn @rouse_shelly @HarryJBennett @LSHtweets @TimBurden03 and @Savills
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On the wings of a dove? – the 2021 Housing Delivery Test
@HarryJBennett & @MartinTaylorOs explore the affect of last week's Christopher Pincher MP WMS on the 2021 HDT, rational for a 5-month discount and what's next.
See full blog: lichfields.uk/blog/2021/sept…
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For some context today, this from Lichfields March 2021 England Planning News:
Government’s response to the Building Better Commission: Revisions to the NPPF and a draft National Model Design Code
lichfields.uk/content/news/2…
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We’re in for lots of “beauty” chat in the world of English town planning today.
I offer you a skeptic’s primer:
planoraks.com/posts-1/the-bi… – at Camden Town, London
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Fresh #planoraks:
Notes from the Green Belt: what’s so very special about Colney Heath?
What the latest appeal decision in Hertfordshire’s Green Belt tells us about the test of “very special circumstances”.
planoraks.com/posts-1/notes-…
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Urgent action demanded to boost delivery of new homes hbf.co.uk/news/urgent-action…
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Planning application submitted for Milton Keynes East expansion
Lichfields, on behalf of St James Group, has submitted a planning application for #MiltonKeynes East (MKE); a mixed-use urban extension on land immediately east of Junction 14 of the M1.
lichfields.uk/content/news/2…
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Why so few councils are asking PINS to fix their #housing land supply positions for a year: planningresource.co.uk/artic…
Comment from @rouse_shelly, @PaulForshaw, @HarryJBennett and @PINSgov
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England planning news, April 2021
Big PD right changes, First Homes and other affordable housing proposals, new or extended flexibilities for construction hours, hospitality and retail
See full planning news: lichfields.uk/content/news/2…
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I’m pleased to announce that the new London Plan will be formally published on Tuesday 2 March 2021. #LondonPlan
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MHCLG data published today shows a dramatic rise from 2% to 17% of LPAs facing the 'presumption in favour of sustainable development' over the last year.
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Assessing the need for Purpose Built Student Accommodation
Bedspace helps clients respond to the strict policy criteria to demonstrate the need for PBSA developments, through an evidence-led analysis of current and past trends in student growth.
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Your Official Top 20: The new Standard Method and the cities/urban centres uplift
@HarryJBennett explores the likelihood of the top 20 changing by evaluating ONS 2018-based population projections up to 2043, and applying them to defined urban areas.
lichfields.uk/blog/2021/janu…
