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Public Practice names its ‘first national cohort’ of local authority placements
Public Practice has named the architects and designers being placed into local planning departments as part of the programme’s autumn cohort
Planning
News about the planning system in the UK, including permitted development rights, the National Planning Policy Framework, the London Plan and the ‘country house’ clause
How Westminster City Council plans to put retrofit first
New policies in the pipeline will make it clear that retrofit is the best solution for the vast majority of buildings in the borough, says Westminster councillor Geoff Barraclough
Starmer’s proposed planning reforms welcomed by the profession
The built environment profession has broadly welcomed Labour’s plans to overhaul the planning system and deliver the next new towns
Liverpool set to introduce tall buildings policy
Liverpool City Council is set to adopt a new tall buildings policy, which will limit the heights and locations of high-rise developments in the city
Labour wants to rebuild Britain. The question is how?
The Labour Party conference has set out plans for infrastructure and housing projects if the party wins power, but it will face considerable obstacles, says architect and former Labour Parliamentary candidate Jay Morton
Labour promises to overhaul UK’s ‘antiquated’ planning system
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised sweeping changes to the UK’s planning system in a bid to deliver homes and low-carbon infrastructure
Woolwich tower developer hits back at ‘disproportionate’ demolition order
The developer of a south London building subject to a council demolition order has hit back at the ruling, calling it 'an extreme and disproportionate measure'
To green up British cities we need a ‘right to plant’
Street trees are a wonder drug, aiding public health and the battle against climate change. Yet urban greenery is in decline. How can we turn this around? asks Eleanor Broad of Create Streets
‘Unmanageable workloads and overstretched staff’ – survey spells out planners’ struggles
Two-thirds of council planning teams do not have the capacity to meet their authority’s top priorities, according to a new survey by Public Practice
Council orders demolition of new housing blocks that violated planning
Greenwich Council has ordered the complete demolition of what one councillor describes as a ‘mutant development’ in the south London borough