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Five Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) now piloting expanded service with nationwide rollout planned from June 2025
Local Plan intervention: letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook MP, to South Tyneside Council.
Cllr Tracey Dixon Town Hall and Civic Offices Westoe Road South Shields…
Thousands more homes across the country will be delivered quicker and more easily thanks to new planning changes announced today.
Planning decisions are set to be fast-tracked in a sweeping overhaul of local planning committees, as part of new measures to tackle the housing crisis.
The Deputy Prime Minister delivered the closing speech at the Social Housing Annual Conference in London
The revised guidance provides useful information of what to do and what to avoid as well as outlining some points of good practice.
The Office for Place will be closed down. The decision was announced through a Written Ministerial Statement.
The Planning Inspectorate has published a brand-new advice page on Good Design.
The top tips for getting started with Design Codes sets out what local planning authority officers and other producers of design codes need to consider.
Feedback from stakeholders is helping to shape future improvements for the Planning Inspectorate and for the wider planning system.
The Planning Inspectorate has published the second set of updated advice pages for applicants and others about a range of operational matters under the Planning Act 2008.
Performance and other updates following the publication of our latest official monthly statistics.
The Planning Inspectorate has published its first set of updated advice pages about the infrastructure planning process.
A transcript of the Deputy Prime Minister's statement to the House on changes to national planning policy.
The Planning Inspectorate has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2023/24
Planning rules coming into force today make it easier to convert unused farm buildings into new homes, farm shops and gyms.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Planning Inspectorate launches tiered pre-application service, with full cost recovery and smoother examinations.
‘Find a National Infrastructure Project’, a new online hub for large-scale projects, has been launched by the Planning Inspectorate.
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