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
Poor housing does not just reduce life expectancy, it kills people suddenly – as the Covid pandemic grimly demonstrated. The solution involves a whole-house retrofit approach to existing homes, says Tania Jennings
Captain Tom Moore’s daughter has lost an appeal against orders to demolish an unauthorised spa pool building, built in her Bedfordshire garden without planning permission
Developer Lendlease and its team of designers, including David Kohn Architects, have significantly revised their huge £1.9 billion plans for the Smithfield area in Birmingham city centre
Public Practice has named the architects and designers being placed into local planning departments as part of the programme’s autumn cohort
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
The built environment profession has broadly welcomed Labour’s plans to overhaul the planning system and deliver the next new towns
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
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
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised sweeping changes to the UK’s planning system in a bid to deliver homes and low-carbon infrastructure
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'
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