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5 days ago · How new rules give ministers much more scope to intervene in councils’ plan-making. New local plan intervention criteria encompass all “development needs”, rather than just housing numbers as before, and give ministers far more opportunity to get involved in councils’ planning strategies.

A report that a draft local plan is set to include proposals for three new 'sustainable communities' totalling 7,900 new homes leads our daily round-up of planning news in other media. New local plan intervention criteria encompass all “development needs”, …

Seven areas where the government has promised to update or review planning guidance. The government has made seven promises to revise or review planning guidance and standards, including fresh advice on green belt reviews and viability, in its response to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) consultation.

Mapped: neighbourhood plans (updated 14/04/2023) 1 December 2022 Use our new interactive map to view how many applications for neighbourhood planning powers have been received by English councils and the names of the groups that have submitted them.

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3 days ago · The ten authorities with the lowest planning department staff capacity in 2023/24: A city council had a planning department staffing level of under half of its notional capacity during the 2023/24 financial year, with another three councils operating at under 60 per cent of their full extent, according to research by a housebuilders' lobby group.

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5 days ago · Ten key things you need to know from the past week. The ten most important news stories of the past week, including the government admitting that £100 million of promised extra funding for planning authorities actually consists of previously announced money and the Court of Appeal ruling that the government's Planning Practice Guidance has an "equivalent" status to the National Planning ...