Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

BBC Plans earmarking land for more than 40,000 new homes have been thrown out after thousands of responses were received through a public consultation.

Enfield Dispatch A government-appointed planning inspector has told Enfield Council to cancel its plans for 160 new homes on the Green Belt at Hadley Wood – and also restrict a number of other proposed development sites.

AJ Government to launch data centre design contest The Data Centre Design Challenge, the first government-backed competition of its kind, will be led by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and will be open to architects, designers and e…

Intervention Letter In November, the Council published a draft local plan for Regulation 18 consultation with a housing requirement that met just 42% of the area’s Local Housing Need (LHN), leaving a shortfall of 10,980 homes over the plan period.

Yorkshire Live Sections of Calderdale’s housing strategy for development through the coming decade may be reversed, the council’s leader has suggested.

Local Government Lawyer A High Court judge has ordered Oxford City Council not to submit the draft Oxford Local Plan 2045 to the Secretary of State Housing, Communities and Local Government for examination prior to the final determination of a judicial re…

Guardian Enfield council in north London has withdrawn from the government’s new towns programme, in a significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme.

Interesting recovered appeal in Thurrock Grey Belt but not adjoining a village, refused for not meeting golden rule on sustainable transport An hourly service insufficient.

Imagine the government set a target of building 26 million houses by 2030.

Under pressure from the government the Mayor of London has dropped the ‘Maximise dual aspect dwelling’ rule from the London Design guide The rule was introduced to reduce overheating.

LAND SOUTH OF SHENLEY HILL, RADLETT; GREEN BELT; GREY BELT; REVIEW by Josef Cannon KC I have seen and read two Opinions, one from Rupert Warren KC and Ashley Bowes, and the other from Lord Banner KC.