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London Planning News Update, May 2013 NLP's London Planning News Update for May reviews progress on measures to increase housing development in London, with some positive news on affordable housing starts. And a London community has become the first to successfully buy up a local pub, using the Community Right to Bid measures contained in the Localism Act. Read more on this and other London news in the latest NLP London Update.
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London Planning News Update, June 2013 In London this month, headlines relate to the new office to residential permitted development rights that are now in force, with central London boroughs winning a substantial proportion of the exempted areas. Other news is dominated by planes, trains and automobiles with plans for new river crossings, rail links and the on-going arguments over how airport capacity should be increased.
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London Planning News Update, January 2013
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Housing Planning News Update, Spring Review 2013 The Government would say that in the first few months of 2013, every effort has been made to revitalise house building and to stimulate the development of new infrastructure. The development industry has certainly been playing its part and the sector's views have been well-reflected in the direction of change so far this year. Read more on this and other new law and policy initiatives in housing in the latest residential Planning News Update.
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Housing Planning News Update, May 2013 New planning laws this month focus on three main areas of change, all aiming to cut red tape and reduce delay and uncertainty, in order to boost the economy particularly through new housing development. The new community infrastructure levy rules, the s106 affordable housing changes in the Growth and Infrastructure Act and the new heritage regime in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act will all impact on the day to day workings of the housing sector significantly. Read more on this and other new law and policy initiatives in housing in the latest residential Planning News Update.
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Housing Planning News Update, March 2013 The Government is now looking at changing technical details of development management procedures – all with the same aim though, of boosting the economy by kick starting housing development (whether in the shape of stalled housing permissions or new schemes).
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Housing Planning News Update, June 2013 With the aim of breathing new life back into redundant buildings and delivering more housing, the Government has just removed planning controls over changes of use of offices. Amongst a whole series of wide-ranging permitted development measures and for a limited period only, offices can be converted to residential use without having to apply for planning permission. Read more on this and other new law and policy initiatives in housing in the latest residential Planning News Update.
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Housing Planning News Update, February 2013
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Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 - Heritage Impact The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill was enacted by Parliament on 25th April 2013. The new Act carries forward many of the Government’s promised heritage reforms including measures for streamlining processes when undertaking works in conservation areas and to listed buildings, that were initially outlined in its 2010 Response to the Penfold Review of non-planning consents and the subsequent document, Implementation of the Penfold Review (2011).
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Economic Development Planning News Update, Spring Review 2013 Unlike Spring, which is a long time coming, so far in 2013 there have been clear signs of a changing planning climate that overall is benefitting the development sector. Read more on this and other new law and policy initiatives in England in the Spring Review edition of the latest Planning News Update covering economic development.
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Economic Development Planning News Update, June 2013 In a bid to breathe new life back into redundant buildings, rejuvenate struggling town centres and deliver more housing, the Government has just removed some of the planning controls over changes of use. Amongst the new permitted development measures and for limited periods, offices can be converted to residential use without having to apply for planning permission - and many high street units will be able to ‘swap’ between different uses in response to market demands.
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Development opportunities like never before: The draft National Planning Policy Framework, July 2011 Government has published the draft National Planning Policy Framework. A panel of NLP’s experts has given their views on key implications for the development industry.
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All Systems Go: Positive planning and the new presumption in favour of sustainable development The Government has just published its draft presumption in favour of sustainable development. Described as a ‘golden thread’ running through the reformed planning system, and as the ‘cornerstone’ of a more streamlined planning system, it is intended to be the mechanism that delivers the Coalition’s pro-growth promise for planning. The ‘presumption’ will form part of a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the draft of which is due for publication at the end of July; in anticipation, we have answered some of the key questions raised for the development industry by the new ‘presumption’.
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Retail and Commercial Planning News Update, Spring Review 2013 The Portas Review has continued to lead Government activity in the retail sector since the beginning of the year, in the context of new initiatives and funding to secure the future of the high street. Read more on this and other new law and policy initiatives in retail and commercial development in the latest Planning News Update.
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London Planning News Update, December 2012 The Mayor has issued new guidance this month that has implications for the delivery of development in London, including new detailed guidance on housing supply and delivery, and on the application of the Community Infrastructure Levy in the Capital.
