Category Archives: Legislation – Appeals/Hearings/Inquiries Regulations/Rules etc

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (27 March 2026) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (5 March 2026) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (8 July 2025) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

New Legislation – 6 new SIs relating to (nationally important) crown development, including consequential amendments to the CIL Regulations 2010, the DMPO 2015, the GPDO 2015, etc (02/04/2025 and 01/05/2025) …

The following 6 new Statutory Instruments (SIs) come into force on 01/05/2025 (albeit that a small part of SI 2025 No. 418 came into force on 02/04/2025):

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DRAFT Legislation – Planning and Infrastructure Bill …

The following Bill (note: this is DRAFT legislation) was published on 11/03/2025: Continue reading →

DLUHC publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (15 April 2024) …

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

The government publishes a consultation (until 01/05/2024) relating to an accelerated planning system …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view the following posts:
- This post for the response (and legislation) relating to fees for section 73 applications (note: the response is shown within paragraph 7.7 of the "Explanatory Memorandum" to SI 2025 No. 342).
- This post for the response (and legislation) relating to the expedited written representations appeal procedure (note: the response is shown within section 7 of the "Explanatory Memorandum" to SI 2026 No. 122).]

The government has published the following consultation, which runs for 8 weeks from 06/03/2024 until 01/05/2024: Continue reading →

DLUHC publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (21 December 2023) …

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

The government publishes its response to the consultation within the “Planning for the Future – White Paper” (which ran until 29/10/2020) …

The government has published the following (very short) response to the consultation within the "Planning for the Future - White Paper" (which ran for 12 weeks from 06/08/2020 until 29/10/2020): Continue reading →

DLUHC publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (6 May 2022) …

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (August 2021) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (July 2021) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

IMPORTANT: The government publishes its response to the “Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure” consultation …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent legislation relating to this consultation, please view the following posts:
- This post, this post, this post, and this post for the legislation relating to permitted development rights.
- This post for the legislation relating to fees.
- This post for the legislation relating to public service infrastructure development]

[UPDATE: For a subsequent further consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following response to the consultation titled "Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure" (which ran for 8 weeks from 03/12/2020 until 28/01/2021): Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (December 2020) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

IMPORTANT: The government publishes a consultation (until 28/01/2021) on a range of planning proposals, including proposed changes to the GPDO …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following consultation, which runs for 8 weeks from 03/12/2020 until 28/01/2021: Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (October 2020) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

IMPORTANT: The government publishes a consultation (until 29/10/2020) on significant changes to the planning system …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following White Paper, which includes a consultation that runs for 12 weeks from 06/08/2020 until 29/10/2020: Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (August 2020) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (July 2020) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading →