Future Cities Catapult has awarded funds to help SMEs to create a more data-driven and digitally enabled planning system. After inviting UK businesses, individuals, entrepreneurs and planning authorities to apply, nearly 90 entries were... continue
Section 160 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, which allows the inclusion of ‘related housing’ in A Development Consent Orders (DCOs), comes into force on 6 April 2017, bringing in housing to the Planning Act 2008 regime. DCLG has now issued Guidance on this, as Ministers said... continue
Historic England has announced the first ten places to receive funding over the next three-to-five years. Through the programme, listed buildings that have been neglected will be restored and brought back into use as housing, retail or community spaces; conservation areas improved to kick start... continue
A new briefing note from Civitas (a community of researchers and supporters committed to discovering how best to strengthen democracy, uphold limited government and maintain personal freedom) seeks to explain why planning policy is not, in fact, the main problem in delivering new housing today. The prime... continue
Measures in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill will support more housebuilding and provide more local say over developments the Housing and Planning Minister announced earlier this month, September 2016. However, in a surprise move by government the Bill made no reference to infrastructure provisions or the role of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), notes Chris Hallam, Partner at law firm Nabarro. “Changes to the... continue
The government has published an update to its prospectus for a new wave of garden settlements. Ministers are stressing that these new garden villages and towns must be locally led, must provide for ‘starter homes’ and must establish ‘a clear and distinct sense of identity.... continue
Community officials, planners, and local governments across the US are struggling with how to address accessory dwelling units (ADUs), and their solutions could hold valid lessons for cities in housing crisis such as London. ADUs are the granny flats and in-law apartments sprinkled throughout... continue
Local residents in Norwich were the first community group to fully try out the Prince’s Foundation for Building Community’s new ‘BIMBY’ Housing Toolkit that supports communities in influencing the quality of new development. BIMBY gives them... continue
USA-based Urban planning professors Michael C. Lens and Paavo Monkkonen have recently published the results of new research in the Journal of the American Planning Association after an intensive analysis of new data on the 95 biggest cities in the United States. They suggest that their data... continue
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