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Planning change could cost UK thousands of affordable homes, councils warn
A mooted change in the planning system could lead to 6,000 fewer affordable homes being created each year, councils have claimed
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
Sometimes it’s Mayor Khan-do, sometimes it’s the Great Khan’t
London’s mayor is in denial about the incompetence and malice that informs the capital’s surface transport, but sometimes he gets it right, says Paul Finch
Holocaust Memorial would ‘add to myth’ of Britain’s role say professors as inquiry opens
Professors from universities across the UK have warned that Adjaye Associates and Ron Arad’s proposed Holocaust Memorial next to the Palace of Westminster could add to a ‘myth’ about Britain’s role in opposing anti-semitism
Planning applications down by almost a quarter during lockdown
The number of planning applications submitted during the height of lockdown fell by almost a quarter compared to the same period last year
Minimum space standards for all permitted development homes, government announces
All new homes delivered through controversial permitted development rights will have to meet rigid, national space requirements, Robert Jenrick has announced
Permitted development undermines placemaking, says key report
About 100,000 homes have been created under permitted development rights in England in the past seven years, damaging local placemaking, according to a major new report
Heritage bodies fight demolition of Derby’s 70s Brutalist Assembly Rooms
Historic England has raised ‘serious concerns’ over a proposal to demolish Derby’s fire-damaged Assembly Rooms as campaigners battle to save the Brutalist building
Nicholas Boys Smith picked to run new national design body
The government has appointed Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith to set up a new body which will oversee the creation of design codes for neighbourhoods throughout England
AJ’s RetroFirst campaign will feed into planning reforms, says minister
A government minister has told a House of Lords debate on planning reform that he will ensure the AJ’s RetroFirst campaign will be ‘fed into policy as it evolves’
Competence, insurance and planning: the big questions facing practices
With the AJ100 week of virtual activities in full flow, it seems appropriate to ponder what is on the minds of those responsible for the thousands of architects and their job prospects, working for our larger practices, writes Paul Finch