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2 July 2009
English planning applications down 30 per cent
Ombudsman criticises council over affordable housing scheme
MPs call for council bonds to kick-start regeneration
Scotland's latest national planning framework published
TCPA launches waterways development advice
25 June 2009
Councils urged to use Article 4 Directions to protect conservation areas
Environment Agency unveils latest flood risk assessments
Guidance to planners on latest climate change projections
Council taken to task over window mistake
London Councils wary of proposed plan revisions
18 June 2009
Councils urged to do more on flooding and drainage
Train operators draw up connection proposals
Businesses call for more flexible planning regime
11 June 2009
Wildlife concerns halt Bracknell redevelopment plan
Tighter controls over London landmarks proposed
4 June 2009
Major planning authority signals move back to five-year permissions
Welsh planning application review launched
Pinewood Studio development application lodged
New suite of urban maps announced
28 May 2009
Landmark ruling may be appealed
Parliamentary scrutiny of NPSs to take six months
Watchdog criticises development control in Welsh National Parks
Regeneration manifesto launched by BPF
Council apologises after listed building blunders
21 May 2009
Changes to housing and planning delivery grant
Surplus public land programme to be widened, MPs told
New Pathfinder priorities agreed
Travellers lose long-running planning battle
Crossrail planning charge revisions mooted
14 May 2009
'Prior approval' system mooted for domestic power schemes
Government stands firm on eco-towns
Regeneration policy gets a makeover
Ministers promise to raise design standards for new development
Countryside campaigners in bid to review land-use planning
7 May 2009
Draft single policy for economic growth published
Housing trimmed in South East regional plan
Crossrail route beyond Maidenhead safeguarded
West Midlands' eco-town to be scrutinised
Row over London borough's tall building policy
Wales pioneers green housing plan
1 May 2009
Report calls for single body for Thames Gateway
Scottish Government launches online planning service
Planning consent extension move considered
23 April 2009
Development levy delayed to 2010 as Budget boosts housing
Sustainable drainage schemes to be mandatory for new development
New guidance on designing in counter-terrorism features
Hazard site planning review now under way
Report opposes full-scale Severn tidal project
16 April 2009
Nominated nuclear sites unveiled
Change-of-use waiver aims to help counter high street decline
Mixed response to Conservative housing plans
St Modwen works up plans for BP sites
Standards Board launches 'planning game' for councillors
2 April 2009
South Downs confirmed as England's ninth National Park
Planning applications fall by over a quarter
Government unveils legislation for key projects regime
Ministers streamline call-in policy
Minister gives go-ahead to South Bank towers
30 March 2009
26 March 2009
Government signals changes to rural planning policy
Further legal challenge to eco-towns launched
Ombudsman raps council over permission for psychiatric unit
Conservation group urges more onshore wind farms
Countryside campaigners fight power line plans
19 March 2009
Pitt sets out his stall in Parliament for IPC role
Council under fire over caravan site errors
MPs voice misgivings over new regional planning regime
Blears criticises council's flat-rate tariff policy
Residential development set to draw in horns, says report
12 March 2009
Housing projections increase by quarter of a million a year
Pitt proposed as first chair of new planning commission
Improvements to planning appeals system announced
Wakefield out in front over LDF progress
NIMBYism alive and well - survey
Judge backs council in dispute over advertising site
Plans to scrap Green Belt dropped from regional plan
5 March 2009
Government acts on Killian Pretty report
CBI urges ministers to allow planning consent extensions
Minister signals s106 probe will cover unspent contributions
Report concludes Bicester eco-development has merit
Breckland outsources planning work to Capita Symonds
Blears rejects clutch of housing-led schemes at Uckfield
26 February 2009
Consultancy reports on S106 agreements
Report concludes eco-town proposal is financially unviable
Call to change Crossrail levy plan
MPs consider new Parliamentary power to approve airport expansion
Ministers urged to build out of the recession
Poole planning probe finds no evidence of unlawful activity
News round-up 26 February 2009
19 February 2009
Judgement gives new slant on tree definition
Conservatives propose major surgery for planning regime
Landmark liability and regeneration case goes to court
'Pod' scheme to revitalise Yorkshire barns
'Beat the fee increase' call from property consultant
News round-up 19 February 2009
12 February 2009
Agency concern over flood-risk schemes approvals
Housing densities rise alongside greater use of brownfield
Action plan for 'culture change' in planning
Green light for three major power stations
Registry publishes warning over land banking scams
News round-up 12 February 2009
5 February 2009
Regeneration hard hit but sector can pull through - report
Government rejects claim that policy encourages 'garden grabbing'
Survey reveals misgivings over proposed new development tax
Council poised to oppose eco-town
Move to improve delivery of rural housing
29 January 2009
Roadmap published for new planning commission
Ministers shortlist five tidal power schemes for Severn estuary
Bristol stadium consent problems lead to criticism but not censure
Beckett welcomes eco-town High Court ruling
Blears approves three out of six housing schemes near Derby
22 January 2009
Lack of Crossrail contribution prompts mayor's refusal
Revocation ends long-running quarry row
Parliamentary group urges use of s106s to safeguard jobs
Plans for Highland new town submitted
Council under fire over access error
15 January 2009
Amber light for expanded Heathrow
Natural England goes to court over 'unworkable precedent'
Planners urge redeployment as job losses loom
Northern Ireland planners under attack from minister
Crossrail s106 development levy talks launched
8 January 2009
Darlington criticised by watchdog over listed building errors
'Missing' project proposed for key gas link
Council opposes proposed new racecourse
New nuclear plant mooted for North Wales
Scottish Government makes strides over planning decisions
18 December 2008
Zero carbon homes proposals launched
National Audit Office reports on planning
New but slimmer London plan promised by 2012
Jobs threat prompts call for changes
New-style urban development partnerships surface
11 December 2008
Bill published to improve local decision making and shake up regional planning
Cumbria signals interest in radioactive waste repository
Plans for costs for written representation appeals
Challenge expected to SSSI High Court ruling
Ombudsman 'gravely concerned' over planning authority
News round-up 11 December 2008
5 December 2008
Heritage Bill put on ice but planning work will continue
Debate on the future designation of World Heritage sites in the UK launched
National park chief executive quits
Richmond acts tough on houseboat developments
27 November 2008
New Planning Act makes the statute book
Planning application reform promised after review
Cheaper alternative to Severn barrage scheme proposed
Ministers announce 'garden-grabbing' review
Thames Gateway on target says Minister
New-look regional planning regime clarified
News round-up 27 November 2008
20 November 2008
Housing targets at risk claims Shelter
Collieries earmarked for wind farms
Northstowe start-up put back 12 months
Reading's central area strategy approved
Major redevelopment proposal for Croydon
Killian Pretty Review set to call for planning application shake-up
News round-up - 20 November 2008
13 November 2008
Eight councils make a million from new grant regime
Mayor axes transport schemes in London
Peers back Planning Bill amendment to protect gardens
Council orders demolition of illegal house inside a barn
New twist in national park planning row
Minister not convinced on estuary airport plan
News round-up - 13 November 2008
6 November 2008
New planning regime backed by Lords
New consultation launched on eco-town initiative
Government amends Planning Bill to improve its climate change credentials
Trump's golf resort gets green light
Government responds to Green Belt accusations
30 October 2008
Shropshire council in stand-off with Local Ombudsman
Peers call for more green energy schemes to be decided by the Government
Secretary of State decision on Islington high-rise scheme
Somerset council in trouble over planning error
Scottish government announces package of planning reforms
News round-up - 30 October 2008
23 October 2008
Minister rejects new use class for second homes
New agency looking at land buying to help housing provision
Council proposes controls on fast-food outlets
Wind farm developers call for planning performance agreements
Council under fire over lawful development certificate
16 October 2008
Minister says proposed new regime will not prejudge consent
Council criticised over planning errors in own development
Thames Gateway parkland vision unveiled
Consultants claim 'new town' could help meet bigger housing targets
Road-rail depot site review after scheme refused
South West Regional Spatial Strategy debated
News round-up - 16 October 2008
9 October 2008
Beckett takes over housing after Government reshuffle
Row over goodwill payments by wind farm developers
Proposals for new planning commission divide Peers
New advice published on ministerial propriety
Fall in town centre retail floor space feared
2 October 2008
Use classes could be used to control studentification
Regional strategy for North West finalised
Planning Bill faces key debates in Lords
Conservatives promise to scrap Heathrow expansion and back new rail
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