Category Archives: Legislation – Permission in Principle Order 2017

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

DRAFT Legislation – Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill …

The following Bill (note: this is DRAFT legislation) was published on 11/05/2022: Continue reading

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

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

The government publishes its response to the “Living with Beauty” report …

The government has published the following response to the "Living with Beauty" report (by the "Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission"): 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

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

The government publishes a consultation (until 01/10/2020) relating to the standard method, First Homes, the small sites threshold, and Permission in Principle …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view the following posts:
- This post for the response document relating to the standard method for assessing local housing need.
- This post for the response document relating to First Homes.]

The government has published the following consultation, which runs for 8 weeks from 06/08/2020 until 01/10/2020: 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” (March 2019) …

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

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (November 2018) …

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

The government publishes its response to the consultation relating to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) …

[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 "National Planning Policy Framework - Consultation proposals" (which ran for 9 1/2 weeks from 05/03/2018 until 10/05/2018): Continue reading

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (April 2018) …

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

The government publishes a consultation (until 10/05/2018) relating to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) …

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

The government has published the following consultation, which runs for 9 1/2 weeks from 05/03/2018 until 10/05/2018: Continue reading

The government publishes its response to the consultation within the “Fixing our broken housing market – White Paper” …

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

[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 within the "Fixing our broken housing market - White Paper" (which ran for 12 weeks from 07/02/2017 until 02/05/2017), as well as to the further consultation relating to agricultural PD rights (which ran for 12 weeks from 07/02/2017 to 02/05/2017): Continue reading

New Legislation – relating to local authority consultations (01/04/2018 and 01/06/2018) …

The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 01/04/2018 and 01/06/2018: Continue reading

DCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (December 2017) …

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading