[UPDATE: For the subsequent updates to the NPPF relating to this consultation, please view this post.]
The government has published the following response to the consultation titled "Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system" (which ran for 12 weeks from 16/12/2025 until 10/03/2026): Continue reading
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading
The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 25/03/2026:
[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view this post.]
The government has published the following consultation, which runs for 12 weeks from 16/12/2025 until 10/03/2026: Continue reading
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):
The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 25/04/2024:
The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) came into force on 03/05/2023:
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
The following Bill (note: this is DRAFT legislation) was published on 11/05/2022: Continue reading
The following new Direction came into force on 21/04/2021:
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading
The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 24/12/2020: Continue reading
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading
[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
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading
The following Act was granted Royal Assent on 22/07/2020: Continue reading
[UPDATE: This guidance was withdrawn on 02/08/2023.]
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Coronavirus (COVID-19): planning update": Continue reading
[UPDATE: For subsequent further legislation relating to the below legislation, please view this post].
The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) came into force on 14/05/2020: Continue reading