All planning articles – Page 2
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Decision on London towers scheme handed demolition order expected by end of next month
Comer Homes’ 200-home site in Woolwich handed enforcement notice last year after breaching planning permission
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Stalled £200m office scheme passes another hurdle as City grants planning approval
Tenter House scheme finally on verge of construction after 27-year development saga
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Stalled 700-home tower block development gets green light after redesign
Progress for one of the tallest residential schemes in the country four years after original plans were given green light
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Planning approvals for new homes fall to decade low, Home Builders Federation report shows
Just over 230,000 units granted permission in year to June
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Comment
Rayner’s ‘new homes accelerator’ is the right kind of big thinking to speed up housing delivery
The government’s new homes accelerator highlights how pragmatic action is needed to kickstart housing delivery. It looks like an excellent initiative that should tackle an intractable problem, says Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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Barratt pulls four planning applications over 50% affordable housing viability concerns
Group land director calls for tweaks to National Planning Policy Framework proposals
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Features
What does the collapse in section 106 demand mean for housing delivery?
Housing associations have stopped bidding to buy section 106 homes in many parts of the country, resulting in a drop-off in affordable homes and major delays on for-sale schemes. Joey Gardiner asks what the implications are and how the problem can be resolved
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A boost for housebuilding or an ill-defined gimmick? - Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans explained
Labour hopes its rebrand of ‘ugly’ green belt land will help. But will it work?
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New government sets out plans for housing and infrastructure in first King’s Speech
Legislation aiming to speed up approvals among 35 new draft bills
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Planning reform expected to be at heart of today’s King’s Speech
Labour to outline its policy priorities with more than 35 draft bills
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Comment
First impressions of the new regime – and I‘m cautiously optimistic
One week in, what pointers do the government’s first steps provide for construction’s future prospects? Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis picks out some highlights.
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Multiplex set for £300m Old Street roundabout tower
Office scheme will be built on former site of telecoms firm’s HQ
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Warm welcome from industry for Labour’s ‘wealth creation’ manifesto
Planning reforms and focus on infrastructure upgrades roundly backed by experts
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US media giant poised to submit plans for Europe’s largest theme park in Bedfordshire
Comcast drawing up planning application for 476 acre site following “overwhelmingly positive” consultation with locals
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Sisk on track for 2025/26 finish for Manchester City stadium expansion
Work will take capacity of Premier League champions’ ground up to 62,000
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Comment
It’s time to prepare for change – although we don’t have much to go on
The local election results confirmed what we already suspected about the likely outcome of the forthcoming general election. Anticipating where opportunities might be found under a new government is another matter, but Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis stirs the tea leaves
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‘Bonkers’ plans to build 42-storey tower above listed Birmingham building flatly refused
Councillors deride “utterly ludicrous” plans by development consultancy Marrons for 80 Broad Street scheme
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Two in race for £150m Old Street roundabout tower
Office scheme will be built on former site of telecoms firm’s HQ
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Planning reform ‘at the very centre’ of Labour economic vision, says Reeves
Infrastructure investment and planning reform two of ‘three pillars’ of party’s economic strategy