Category Archives: Legislation – Permission in Principle Order 2017

The government publishes its response to the consultation (until 10/03/2026) 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 "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 government publishes a consultation (until 10/03/2026) 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 12 weeks from 16/12/2025 until 10/03/2026: Continue reading →

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (16 December 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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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 relating to the standard method for assessing local housing need.
- This post for the response 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 →