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'Streamline the currently fragmented infrastructure'

Major overhaul to National Planning Policy Framework

CIAT reacts to the Queen's Speech 2021.

Emergency legislation that allows councils and health providers in England to establish facilities to support the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak came into force on 9 April.

Secretary of State's response

BSR is looking for leaders in net zero projects, social housing and Chartered Town Planning to join the Building Advisory Committee (BAC).

Government proposals to let landowners convert rural barns into houses without needing planning permission have sparked a backlash from designers and national park bosses.

Research study as part of a fourth-year dissertation.

Squire & Partners' design changes to the £500 million transformation of Belfast's north-eastern quarter will go on public display next week (29 July).

The planning system in England is more complex, costly and difficult for business than it was five years ago

Planning policy should be changed to ensure projects are only approved when strict national carbon targets have been taken into account, a panel of experts has urged.

CIAT has added its support to an amendment to the Government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which would require a design vision to be included in new Spatial Development Strategies.

The Scottish government has launched a delivery plan for strengthening the planning system to tackle the housing emergency.

TerraQuest, the operator of Planning Portal, is unveiling a new Building Control Portal, offering new features designed to benefit LABCs, planning agents, designers and developers.

Planning Portal release June report about the impact of COVID-19 on planning applications.

The Changing Identity of London Communities in the Face of Rapid Urbanisation

New rules issued following public consulatation

Republic of Ireland's Department of Housing Planning and Local Government has published the following amended documents.

Changes to legislation that came into force from the start of August 2021 meant that, in a few specific circumstances, what used to be considered eligible as permitted development until the end of July 2021, would no longer be.