The government has put forward a major set of reforms to the planning system, which is widely seen as one of the major barriers to economic growth. Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ Labour ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government must slash planning approval times for major infrastructure projects if the UK’s electricity ...

Land supply for new homes is falling “off a cliff” because of Scotland’s planning system, builders have warned after a sharp ...

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A national planning objective to promote sustainable transport has failed to reduce car reliance in new housing developments, ...

Sweeping changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, the guidelines which govern the house planning system, are expected later this month. The changes are expected to set out details of ...

This consultation sought views on the government's proposed approach to revising the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in order to achieve sustainable growth in our planning system. We support ...

The National Development Plan recognized the new policy will focus on graduating rural households out of poverty and ...

The influence of Cheshire and his colleagues on the government's National Planning Policy Framework can be seen in many of its recommendations —on the use of market signals, for instance, and on the ...

together with the introduction of much tighter planning restrictions in the National Planning Policy Framework, meant very few new projects were approved. In December last year, the government ...

The report presented to members acknowledged that, since the consultation was carried out, the Government has unveiled planned changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Under the ...