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A total of 45,703 applications were submitted in England & Wales via the @PlanningPortal in January 2024 according to the latest planning market insight report. This is 5% lower than the total number submitted in January 2023 and the lowest number in 5 years.

Consultation launched by Government into potential further changes to #PermittedDevelopment rights in England and to the #NPPF #TownPlanning gov.uk/government/con… gov.uk/government/con…

North #Yorkshire new settlement proposal to be removed from draft #LocalPlan #TownPlanning yorkpress.co.uk/news/24101594.…

Following examination the #Wakefield District #LocalPlan was adopted by @MyWakefield Council on 24 January 2024 and now forms the development plan for the district. #TownPlanning

#Leeds Site Allocations Plan adopted after 12 years and High Court challenge. #TownPlanning yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politics/…

The latest #Planning Market Insight Report for England & Wales by @PlanningPortal: - 42,028 submissions via the Portal in December - 4% down on Dec 2022. - Numbers did jump ahead of increases in planning fees on 6 December. - 606,825 total submissions in 2023, 4% down on 2022.

Reports that biodiversity net gain launch ‘delayed until next month’ prompts green groups' dismay planningresource.co.uk/article/185736…

Inspectors examining #York's emerging plan have raised concerns about provision of traveller sites. This means further delays for an authority which has been without an adopted #LocalPlan for decades. yorkpress.co.uk/news/24033982.…

Are further revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework on the way? #TownPlanning planningresource.co.uk/article/185668…

The Leveling-Up & Regeneration Act's impact on design - this from @ProfMCarmona: matthew-carmona.com/2024/01/05/101…

"England’s #GreenBelt can’t stay entirely untouched for ever" theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

And it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken throughout the world This first census took place when the governor Quirinius sought to identify objectively assessed housing need in his territories Merry Christmas everyone

The government has published its long-awaited revision to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Here are 30 things you need to know 👇 planningresource.co.uk/article/185182…

Do you have an appeal currently in progress? Please be aware that the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has recently been updated. These updates may have implications for your appeal, particularly if they relate to the specifics of your case.

The latest Market Insight Report from @PlanningPortal shows 51,221 applications submitted via the portal in England & Wales in November, 1% lower than the same month in 2022. Numbers continue to closely track last year, down on 2021's post-covid high but above pre-covid 2019.

"The number of planning permissions granted for new homes has fallen to a new record low, with developers warning that supplies of new housing next year could drop to their lowest in a decade" 🔻 🏘️ 🖊️ @tomhtimes for @thetimes buff.ly/3RuNkkF

New Framework publication delayed until next week? Government announces that the Secretary of State is still “considering responses” to the #NPPF consultation and that it will publish “further details on this next week” #TownPlanning planningresource.co.uk/article/185115…

How environmentally friendly are new homes? Are we better renovating and refurbishing existing properties, rather than eradicating large swathes of open green space and concreting over them? This from @AlexOGoldstein alexgoldstein.co.uk/news/the-envir…

Golf courses: Opportunity to increase housing supply or ecological, environmental and leisure havens? #TownPlanning theguardian.com/society/2023/d…

“The problem isn’t that the free market can’t deliver the number of new homes we need; it’s that we haven’t even let it try.” My latest column for @housing_today housingtoday.co.uk/comment/why-do…