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Ruth and Camilla discuss climate considerations and the National Planning Policy Framework with 39 Essex Chambers barristers, Richard Harwood KC. They discuss proposed reforms to the NPPF along with other changes to the planning system and their potential impact on the construction sector.

Back in March 2024 friend of the podcast Catriona Riddell gave a lecture at UCL's Bartlett School of Planning that she called ‘Strategic Planning in England - Where did we go so wrong?'. Sam Stafford couldn't be there that night, but Catriona shared her slides on LinkedIn and they read to Sam almost like a ‘Brief History of Planning 2010-2024', which he thought a good subject for an episode. As well as Catriona, who was Director of Planning at the South East England Regional Assembly when the Coalition Government came to power in 2010, Sam approached another friend of podcast, Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner between 2008 and 2020, who was also keen to be involved. Sam felt though that a political perspective on things was also needed so he approached Greg Clark. Greg was appointed Director of Policy for the Conservative Party in 2001 before being elected as MP for Royal Tunbridge Wells in 2005. He has held a number of senior Government roles, including, and of most relevance to planners, Minister for Decentralisation and Cities within the Department for Communities and Local Government between May 2010 and September 2012 and Secretary of State for CLG between May 2015 and July 2016. Greg was also briefly Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between July 2022 and September 2022. Greg, pleasingly, was also keen to be involved, and the four of them finally got together at Soho Radio Studios in early October 2024. There were many, many topics of possible conversation in Sam's notes for the recording. They did not actually get to the latter part of the 2010-2024 period, so they did not get to, for example, the Standard Method, the 2020 White Paper, and the Theresa Villiers / LURB amendments brouhaha, but that was because they ended up dwelling on arguably the big three topics of that 2010-2024 period, which are the revocation of the Regional Strategies, Localism and the NPPF. They did also touch, right at the end of the conversation, on permitted development rights. Standby for insights into what Eric Pickles had DCLG staff do on his first day at the Department, the amount of thought that was given to what would replace the RSSs (spoiler alert, not much…) and how the NPPF came into being… Some accompanying reading. Has the localism genie been put back in the bottle? https://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2024/09/has-localism-genie-been-put-back-in.html Some accompanying viewing. Catriona's Bartlett School of Planning lecture - Strategic planning in England: where did we go so wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D2xXMwVNrk Jerry's Final Thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7h0mIy6Jho Some accompanying listening. The Wheel – Bill Callahan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjxq2-j6xY 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html Any other business. Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford). His blog contains a link to his newsletter.

Saturday 12 October 2024 marks 100 days of the new Labour Government. In anticipation of this milestone Landmark Chambers and Town Legal hosted a seminar in London this week to provide an in-depth review of Labour's first 100 days in power and the impact on planning law and policy. The session was recorded so that Sam Stafford could share it by way of the 50 Shades podcast and planners will be glad that it was recorded because it contains analysis and insight of the highest order. This episode includes: Rupert Warren talking about the NPPF, local plans and housing;Meeta Kaur talking about new towns;Russell Harris talking about London;Simon Ricketts talking about infrastructure and commercial development; andIsabella Buono talking about Grey Belt and affordable housing. Some accompanying reading. https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/resources/100-days-of-labour-a-planning-law-and-policy-perspective-full-presentation Some accompanying listening. All My Friends – LCD Soundsystem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObvLGOE-_Qk 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html Any other business. Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford). His blog contains a link to his newsletter.

Last week, on NPPF deadline day, Sam Stafford was in Manchester and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Katie Wray, David Diggle, Greg Dickson, Mark Parkinson and Claire Petricca-Riding at the studios of Reform Radio. Conscious that the podcast has covered the revised NPPF in episodes 128 and 131, they talked about some of the other current hot planning topics. They talked about brownfield passports and why existing tools in the box are not being used already; they talked about the Labour Party Conference, which led on to conversation about a Plan for England; and they talked about what the New Towns Taskforce would need to do to meaningfully advance that agenda. And then they talked a bit more towards to the end about brownfield passports again. They did try not to mention the NPPF, but, as you will hear, were unsuccessful in so doing... Some accompanying reading. Planning Reform Working Paper: Brownfield Passport https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-reform-working-paper-brownfield-passport The New Towns Taskforce https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-new-towns-taskforce Brownfield urban regeneration: how to deliver more growth, homes and jobs with the support of communities https://www.britishland.com/news/brownfield-urban-regeneration-how-to-deliver-more-growth-homes-and-jobs-with-the-support-of-communities/ Brownfield Passports: building on old foundations? https://www.irwinmitchell.com/news-and-insights/expert-comment/post/102jjwb/brownfield-passports-building-on-old-foundations Brownfield Passports…To What? When? How? https://simonicity.com/2024/09/28/brownfield-passportsto-what-when-how/ Design codes will help fill our cities with the missing middle https://www.pricedout.org.uk/design-codes-will-help-fill-our-cities-with-the-missing-middle/ Some accompanying listening. A Shared Sense Of Purpose - Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMhN3pWyBR0 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html Any other business. Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford). He shares bits and pieces of planning-related interest on Instagram (@50shadesofplanning) and LinkedIn so please follow those accounts as well.

If you have listened to episodes 125 and 128 you will know Sam Stafford sought to cover, pre-publication, what could and should be in the new version of NPPF. With the consultation deadline now starting to loom large, this episode seeks to cover what is actually in it. Sam was in London earlier this week and caught up with friends of the podcast Andrew Taylor, Hashi Mohamed, Vicky Payne and Simon Ricketts at Soho Radio Studios. They will need no introduction to regular listeners, but for new listeners, Andrew is Group Planning Director at Vistry, Hashi is a Barrister at Landmark Chambers; Vicky is an Associate at Jas Bhalla Works and an Independent Consultant; and Simon is a Partner at Town Legal. As you will hear over the next 45 minutes or so they crammed in as much as possible. They talked about the proposed new stock-based standard method and transitional arrangements for local plans, they talked about Grey Belt, 50% affordable housing and benchmark land values; and they touched on beauty, design codes, vision-led transport planning, the flood risk sequential test, neighbourhood plans, safeguarded land, and application fees. Some accompanying reading. Lichfields' NPPF resource https://lichfields.uk/proposed-reforms-to-the-nppf-and-other-changes-to-the-planning-system?email Simon's blog https://simonicity.com/2024/08/02/50-shades-of-grey-belt/ Zack Simons' blog https://www.planoraks.com/posts-1/planningreformday-2024-what-just-happened Vicky on Design https://www.theplanner.co.uk/2024/08/01/more-substance-style-new-nppfs-design-outlook Philip Barnes on BLV https://philipbarnesblog.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/green-belt-vs-grey-belt-vs-benchmark-land-values-vs-50-affordable-housing/ Create Streets - Stepping off the Road to Nowhere https://www.createstreets.com/projects/stepping-off-the-road-to-nowhere/ Some accompanying listening. The Masterplan - Oasis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPPi2D6GK7A Some accompanying viewing. Alam Partridge's big plate https://youtu.be/swJFOE49LRQ?si=bmR85Y7USmizHBef 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html Any other business. Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford). He shares bits and pieces of planning-related interest on Instagram (@50shadesofplanning) and LinkedIn so please follow those accounts as well.

This week is a bonus episode looking at the latest consultation and proposed changes to be made to the National Planning Policy Framework. This episode content meets PC3 - Legal Framework & Processes of the Part 3 Criteria.Resources from today's episode:Websites:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-reforms-to-the-national-planning-policy-framework-and-other-changes-to-the-planning-systemHere's the link to access the transcripts:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1930044Thank you for listening! Please follow me on Instagram @part3withme for weekly content and updates or contact me via email me at part3withme@outlook.com or on LinkedIn. Join me next week for more Part3 With Me time.If you liked this episode please give it a rating to help reach more fellow Part3er's!

Sam Stafford has mentioned previously that the podcast would consider the new Government's reform agenda and this is an attempt at doing so. The specifics of the NPPF consultation will be covered in more depth in due course, but what Listeners will hear in this jam-packed extravaganza of an episode is an exploration of that reform agenda in it's broader sense. In anticipation of the NPPF, Sam invited some of the Shades alumni to discuss some of the policy areas of most interest to them and how the new Government could and should approach them. The voices that Listeners will hear belong to Vicky Payne, Hana Loftus, Ben Castell, Andrew Taylor, Pooja Agrawal, Claire Petricca-Riding, David Diggle, Nicola Gooch, Shelly Rouse, Gilan Macinnes, Ian Wray, Paul Smith, Mike Kiely, Simon Ricketts and Annie Gingell. Listeners will hear: Vicky, Hana, Ben, Andrew and Pooja talk about design and placemaking (05:23);Claire, David and Nicola talk about planning for infrastructure and the environment (20:02);Shelly, Gilan and Pooja talk about LPA capacity (26:32);Ian, Paul, Mike and Nicola talk about Grey Belt (38:38);Ian, Paul and Vicky talk about New Towns (50:34);Paul, Shelly and Andrew talk about devolution and ‘greater than local' planning (01:02:03);Nicola, Andrew, Gilian and Simon talk about land value capture (01:15:32); andPaul, Annie, Shelly and Andrew talk housing targets (01:27:36). This episode only features parts of those eight conversations. Listen to the end to find out how and where to listen to all eight conversations in full in due course. Some accompanying reading. #PlanningReformDay 2024 - what just happened? https://www.planoraks.com/posts-1/planningreformday-2024-what-just-happened Letter from Deputy Prime Minister and Defra Secretary of State to environmental NGOs on planning and infrastructure bill https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-deputy-prime-minister-and-defra-secretary-of-state-to-environmental-ngos-on-planning-and-infrastructure-bill Pathways to Planning https://www.local.gov.uk/pathways-to-planning The Green Belt. What it is and why; what it isn't; and what it should be http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-green-belt-what-it-is-why-it-is.html Policy statement on new towns https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-statement-on-new-towns/policy-statement-on-new-towns Letter from the Deputy Prime Minister to local leaders: the next steps to devolution https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-deputy-prime-minister-to-local-leaders-the-next-steps-to-devolution/letter-from-the-deputy-prime-minister-to-local-leaders-the-next-steps-to-devolution Land value capture back in focus https://philipbarnesblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/land-value-capture-back-in-fashion/ Where next for the substandard method of assessing housing need? https://www.turley.co.uk/comment/housebuilding-assessment-targets-housing-stock-approach Some accompanying viewing. https://www.youtube.com/@FiftyShadesofPlanning Some accompanying listening. Labour of Love – Hue & Cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CYZ6q7Wr9c 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here. You can also sign up for the 50 Shades Newsletter via the 50 Shades Blog. Any other business. Sam is on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford). He shares bits and pieces of planning-related interest on Instagram (@50shadesofplanning) and LinkedIn so please follow those accounts as well.

In this impromptu special summer episode, we're discussing proposed changes to the NPPF as announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Angela Rayner on the 30th of July 2024. The proposal is open for consultation for 8 weeks and more information on how to respond can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-reforms-to-the-national-planning-policy-framework-and-other-changes-to-the-planning-system Episode resources can be found on our website here: https://havewegotplanningnewsforyou.com/discussing-the-proposed-reforms-to-the-national-planning-policy-framework-july-2024-update-s13-e6/ #HWGPNFY

This podcast episode looks at the principles behind the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the latest version (December 2023). Our guest is Fred Quartermain, partner at Thrings Solicitors – a top 100 law firm - where he deals with planning law, environmental issues and due diligence in property transactions. Hosted by Austin Williams www.futurecities.org.uk

Sam Stafford was in London recently and took the opportunity to catch up with friends of the podcast Catriona Riddell, Shelly Rouse and Nicola Gooch at Soho Radio Studios. One topic, the hot topic of the past few weeks, dominated the conversation. “Labour pledges housebuilding drive on Grey Belt with ‘golden rules' to boost public services, affordable homes and improve green spaces”, so announced a press release dated 19 April. Keir Starmer has today set out five ‘golden rules' for Grey Belt housebuilding, pledging to deliver affordable homes, boost infrastructure and public services like schools and GPs, and improve genuine green spaces. While reiterating that Labour will always take a 'brownfield first' approach to housing development, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner are also pledging to release some land currently classed as Green Belt to build the homes Britain needs.” On a visit to a housing development today, the pair will outline Labour's plans to create a new class of 'Grey Belt' land to ensure grey and poor-quality parts of the Green Belt are prioritised, and that any development benefits local communities. Plenty in there then for the gang to get their teeth in to. They discussed the practical issues associated with creating a new class of designation and how that might rub up against, for example, mandatory BNG. They also talked about how Grey Belt might interact with a mechanism for cross- boundary strategic planning, which Matthew Pennycook has said that Labour will introduce to overcome housing delivery challenges around towns and cities with tightly drawn administrative boundaries. All of that, as you will hear, led them on to local plan reform and what the next version of the NPPF looks like, as well as a remarkable statistic from Shelly on how much a local plan costs to prepare. Some accompanying reading. Labour's planning proposals http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2024/04/labours-planning-proposals.html The 80-year planning war over a Surrey airfield (£) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-80-year-planning-war-over-a-surrey-airfield-lvjb3svr7 Some accompanying viewing. What is Grey Belt land and why does Keir Starmer want to build on it? https://youtu.be/4OvsXqdpy4s?si=S6mfS_uL-R15v-3b Some accompanying listening. Darkness on the edge of town – Bruce Springsteen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8HXvt-v5v0 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

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Our Special Guest this week is Lindsey Richards, President of the Royal Town Planning Institute for 2024. Latest News Update on planning related matters. Decision of the High Court in Mead Realisations Ltd v SOSLUH&C & Redrow Homes Ltd V SOSLUH&C [2024] EWHC 279 dismissing two separate s288 claims challenging the dismissals of s78 housing appeals in Weston Super Mare (in FZ3) & Bushey (largely in Fz1 but also Fz2&3 plus 10% affected by reservoir flood risk) where neither LPA had a 5 yr HLS but where both appeals were judged to have failed compliance with the sequential test under NPPF 162 & PPG paragraph 028. Decision of a Planning Inspector dated 15th February 2024 dismissing an appeal by Elysian Loughton Site Ltd against the refusal of Epping Forest District Council to grant planning permission for the demolition of three homes and the erection of linked apartment blocks to form elderly persons apartments integrated C2 care facilities issues regarding the bulk, massing & height, effect on living conditions of existing neighbour & future occupiers & a viability review mechanism. Decision of a Planning Inspector dated 14th February 2024 to allow an appeal by Gadman Developments Ltd against the refusal of Somerset Council to grant outline planning permission for up to 100 dwellings on part of a larger green field, outside the settlement boundary for Creech St Michael. Issues around the effect of the proposal on the character & appearance of the area & neighbouring residential properties, HLS & whether a tilted balance applies or not.

This week we will be talking about Legislation changes & updates that will be coming into force in 2024. This episode content meets PC1 - Professionalism, PC2 - Clients, Users & Delivery of Services &  PC3 - Legal Framework and Processes of the Part 3 Criteria.Resources from today's episode: Website:Permitted Development:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/changes-permitted-development-rights-2024-boyer-planning-erj3e/Biodiversity Net Gain:https://www.penningtonslaw.com/news-publications/latest-news/2023/mandatory-biodiversity-net-gain-comes-into-force-in-2024-what-is-the-new-framework-and-how-will-it-affect-developersNPPF:https://www.holmes-hills.co.uk/news/2023/september/national-planning-policy-update-september-2023/https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-12-19/hcws161#:~:text=In summary, the new NPPF,local plans from annual updateshttps://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/long-term-plan-for-housing-michael-gove-announcement-at-riba-2023Levelling Up and Regeneration Act:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill-reforms-to-national-planning-policy/outcome/government-response-to-the-levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill-reforms-to-national-planning-policy-consultationhttps://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/gove-announces-planning-reforms-in-speech-at-riba-hqhttps://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/planning-policy-essentials-for-architectshttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-laws-to-speed-up-planning-build-homes-and-level-upThank you for listening! Please follow me on Instagram @part3withme for weekly content and updates. Join me next week for more Part3 With Me time.If you liked this episode please give it a rating to help reach more fellow Part3er's!

At the kind invitation of Landmark Chambers and Town Legal, Sam Stafford was in London this week to contribute to a seminar on the NPPF update, which, eagle-eyed 50 Shades Listeners no doubt spotted, emerged as part of a cavalcade of Planning Reform Day announcements before Christmas. The seminar was over-subscribed and so was recorded in order that it could be shared more widely as a podcast. This episode features: Rupert Warren KC talking about the implications of the NPPF for housing delivery, taking in the standard method, the cities uplift and the changes around five and four year land supply;Anjoli Foster talking about the impact of the NPPF on plan-making, taking in Green Belt, transitional arrangements and the impact of this new version on plans that have paused, as well as soundness;Meeta Kaur talking about the NPPF changes that relate to design and beauty, small sites and community-led housing, retirement housing and agricultural land;Simon Ricketts talking about the linkages between the NPPF and the Levelling Up & Regeneration Act, with his observations on what provisions of the latter we make pay the closest attention to; andSam talking waffle. Some accompanying reading. Reforms to national planning policy https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7281/reforms-to-national-planning-policy/ Reforms to national planning policy report: government response https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforms-to-national-planning-policy-report-government-response Changes to 5YHLS under the revised NPPF: Not Great, Not Terrible https://lichfields.uk/blog/2023/december/20/changes-to-5yhls-under-the-revised-nppf-not-great-not-terrible Four out of Five https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four-out-five-josef-cannon-ugqje/ Local Plan Preparation: Barriers and Opportunities https://www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-research/research/local-plan-research-project/ Planning working paper https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-working-paper Labour's planning proposals https://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/10/labours-planning-proposals.html Labour pledges to tighten right-to-buy as part of UK housing overhaul https://www.ft.com/content/2726620e-b6e5-4547-b358-ff4fe175171e The Long-Term Plan for Housing II https://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-long-term-plan-for-housing-ii.html Some accompanying viewing. Hashi's appearance on Question Time https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vfv6 Curb Your Enthusiasm, Happy New Years https://youtu.be/U4rkzyGFFo0?si=2gCA8461BCnsqT7H Some accompanying listening. Future Love by Ride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0vWnVaHU 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

Hopefully everybody involved in the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country has had a restful Christmas and have managed to combine at least a little rest with digesting the cavalcade of announcements on Planning Reform Day. This episode is the third of the festive 50 Shades triumvirate looking back at 2023. The first two did so by way of the 50 Shades Festive Christmas Quizzes. This third episode sees the return of Zack Simons' Planaraks Awards, which Zack has again kindly agreed to reveal exclusively on the 50 Shades of Planning podcast. In a conversation that Sam Stafford and Zack recorded at Soho Radio Studios on Planning Reform Day itself, just as the Secretary of State had given a speech entitled ‘Falling back in love with the future' and just before the NPPF emerged, they canter through some of the high points and low points of the year just gone (mostly low points) and Zack confers awards for, amongst other things, the Most Futile Reform of the Year, the Most Hopeless Reform of the Year and the Worst Policy of the Year. Positivity does not abound, but Sam and Zack do try to generate some. Along the way they touch on many of the things that regular readers of Zack's #Planaraks Blog would expect them to, from amending consents, nutrient neutrality, application fees, the LURA, Green Belt and strategic planning. Some accompanying reading. Oscar Easton is fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support https://www.justgiving.com/page/oscar-easton-1702480570488

Well Planning Reform Day finally arrived, just in time for the profession to be able to digest a cavalcade of announcements over Christmas, but not in time for the second and third of the festive 50 Shades episodes. The podcast will be covering the new NPPF in due course, but put all of that hullabaloo to one side for now and let Sam Stafford and friends take a second look at another exciting year in the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and world of town and country planning. This is the London edition of the 50 Shades of Planning Festive Christmas Quiz, which was recorded at Soho Radio Studios with regular podcast contributors Andrew Taylor, Hashi Mohamed, Catriona Riddell and Simon Ricketts. The gang did not get to talk about the NPPF, which was still only imminent, but did talk about many other topical things, including nutrient neutrality, application fees, and local plan intervention. As was the case last year, and with the recent Manchester edition of the quiz, Sam Stafford is grateful to Richard Garlick and the team at Planning who kindly provided Sam with a selection of their most interesting stories of the year, from which he constructed twelve multiple choice questions for the two teams. Andrew and Hashi were Santas Little Helpers. Catriona and Simon were the Happy Little Elves. As in Manchester, and spoiler alert, they ended up again by complete chance with a tiebreaker and also as in Manchester a very special guest makes an appearance… Some accompanying reading. Oscar Easton is fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support https://www.justgiving.com/page/oscar-easton-1702480570488 The Quiz Questions (£) Question 1 – January https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1810877/undergraduate-planning-course-ceases-recruit-new-students Question 2 – February https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1812011/supreme-court-rules-tates-abnormal-viewing-gallery-nuisance-overlooked-residents Question 3 – March https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1816631/hunt-promises-funds-unblock-housebuilding-stymied-nutrient-water-pollution-rules-does-not-say Question 4 – April https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1819512/housing-minister-overrules-inspector-refuse-165-home-aonb-scheme-generic-suburban-design Question 5 – May https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1822650/gove-warns-ten-councils-improve-speed-decision-making-planning-powers-removed Question 6 – June https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1824837/labour-intends-pass-law-allowing-councils-cpo-land-without-taking-account-hope-value Question 7 – July https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1830757/gove-blocks-central-london-m-s-store-redevelopment-against-inspectors-recommendation Question 8 – August https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1832975/governments-u-turn-ring-fencing-planning-fee-income-means-councils-developers Question 9 – September https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1837483/housing-minister-orders-surrey-council-not-withdraw-plan-examination Question 10 – October https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1844478/gove-tells-councils-pragmatic-viability-challenges-continue-plan-making-ahead-imminent-nppf-update Question 11 – November https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1848657/chancellor-announces-32-million-bust-planning-backlog Question 12 – December https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1850787/rowley-allows-2100-home-schemes-despite-inspector-citing-poor-design-recommending-refusal Some accompanying listening. Sam's Christmas Crackers - The Ultimate Festive Soundtrack https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Dn44yamtsjrzsYH4rzbld?si=2iPYSpPgSYmeKCl1Sq8Vog&pi=e-8RGf4hGyTmqe

Our Special Guest this week is Michael Meadows, Head of Planning & Public Affairs at British Land. Latest News Update on planning related matters. Decision of an inspector dated 6th November 2023 allowing an appeal by Trenport East Hall Park Ltd against the failure of Swale BC to determine an application for planning permission for up to 380 new homes (incl. AH) & 450 sq m of Class E/F on land west of Church Road, Tonge, Sittingbourne on land allocated for mixed use account in the context of a lack of HLS, in an area already suffering from a degree of traffic congestion; impacts on heritage & landscape character & SPA alleged. Decision of an inspector dated 6th November 2023 dismissing an appeal against the refusal of Cotswold DC to grant planning permission for a new secure roadside truck stop facility including associated HGV & car parking, drivers facilities building, access & servicing within the Cotswold AONB. Agreed to be major development, NPPF 177 applied, Strategic Road Network Circular 01/2022 considered. Decision of an inspector dated 9th November 2023 allowing an appeal by David Wilson Barratt Homes for planning permission for 300 dwellings (90 AH), community hall, POS, associated works & two accesses from the A259 (one temporary for construction) access off the B2102, at land north of Highgrove Farm, Bosham against the non-determination by Chichester District Council on an unallocated site beyond the settlement boundary, in the context of no 5 yr HLS, issues around effects on SPA & SAC, AONB & highways infrastructure on A27.

In S3E21, I'm once again joined and interviewed by my friend Adrian and we get our teeth stuck into the new Sergeant and Inspector Progression and Promotion (SIPP) process. This follows on from my recent blog on the matter (link below). We discuss the ins and outs of SIPP, the apparent consultation (or lack of!) to date, the timelines, prospects for the legal exam, diversity and inclusion issues, leadership qualifications, CPD and much more. We also review feedback and comments people left on my Twitter and Linked In pages on SIPP. I hope you find it interesting and informative! Please share your views below, or send in your recorded voice file to feature on a future episode! https://policepromotion.blog/2023/09/25/police-legal-exam-faces-axe-in-new-sipp-promotion-process -------- As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback. For the best FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off at checkout! See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places... FREE Blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://policepromotion.blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ranksuccess.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ I provide this support entirely for free. Please get in touch if you'd like to sponsor episodes. If you'd like to help support new content and better podcasting kit directly, you can buy me a coffee on my blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://policepromotion.blog/buy-a-coffee⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ranksuccess/message

This week, we're joined by Sir Robert Neill MP. Member of Parliament for Bromley & Chislehurst and Chair of the Justice Committee. Latest News Update on Spelthorne, Lib Dems on housing targets & Greenwich Council's decision on Mast Quay Towers. Decision of the Minister for Housing & Planning on behalf of the Secretary of State dated 21st September 2023 dismissing two appeals against non-determination by the London Borough of Southwark to grant planning permission for either of two schemes for the redevelopment of New City Court, 4-26 St Thomas Street; one for a 37-storey scheme, the other for a 26-storey scheme, on account of their LTSH on numerous designated heritage assets. NPPF 202 balance not favourable to appellant. Decision of an inspector dated 18th September 2023 allowing Metis Homes Ltd's appeal for planning permission for 103 dwellings & a children's nursery against the non-determination by Chichester District Council on a site beyond the settlement boundary at Nutbourne, Chichester in the context of no 5 yr HLS, an emerging local plan and issues around infrastructure including a bespoke nutrient neutrality mitigation scheme. Decision of an inspector dated 26th September allowing an appeal by Vedose Ltd against the refusal by Watford Borough Council to grant permission for a mixed use development of 247 build to rent homes and Class E floorspace in a building ranging from 5 to 24 storeys in height at 50 Clarendon Road, Watford, issues around loss of employment floorspace, impact on character & appearance & adequacy of living conditions.

Long-serving listeners might recall that for episode 45 of the podcast Sam Stafford published a conversation with Clive Betts, MP for Sheffield South East, about the then Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee's recently-published report on the future of the planning system in England. Clive chaired that committee and has been involved in housing and planning-related select committees of different names since 2002. He has been a member of parliament since 1992. That 2021 report, which considered the ‘Planning for the Future' white paper of August 2020, highlighted concerns about "the lack of detail, which has made it very difficult to assess the possible practical implications” and concluded that “Government should consult on the details of proposed reforms to prevent unintended consequences and harms resulting from them”. Here we are a couple of years on and the now Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Committee, which Clive still chairs, has published another report on reforms to national planning policy and he very kindly made time to record another online conversation with Sam about it. Their wide-ranging, whistle-stop conversation takes in, amongst the other issues covered by the Committee's inquiry, the politics of the NPPF consultation, housing targets, a 'Plan for England', Green Belt (obviously), the Infrastructure Levy and local authority resources. Some accompanying reading. The LUHC Committee's planning reform report https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7281/reforms-to-national-planning-policy/publications/ The HCLG Committee's 2021 planning reform report https://committees.parliament.uk/work/634/the-future-of-the-planning-system-in-england/publications/ The LUHC Committee's report on funding for “Levelling Up” https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6928/funding-for-levelling-up/publications/ Philip Barnes' blog on abolishing hope value https://philipbarnesblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/11/is-it-really-the-hope-that-kills-you/ The UK now spends more on housing benefit than on most government departments https://www.newstatesman.com/chart-of-the-day/2022/11/uk-spending-housing-benefit-government-departments Gove's department hands back £1.9bn meant to tackle England's housing crisis https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/12/gove-department-hands-back-19bn-meant-tackle-england-housing-crisis Community Infrastructure Levy review: report to government https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-infrastructure-levy-review-report-to-government Some accompanying viewing. Sam's evidence to the LUHC Committee's planning reform inquiry https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/be5501c6-ca1a-4aaf-9c69-f444392df7fd Some accompanying listening. Episode 90 of 50 Shades of Planning – No hope? https://pod.co/50-shades-of-planning/no-hope Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala (s/o to Simon Ricketts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycjnCCgUes If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

A little while ago Sam Stafford was approached by the Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC), the professional membership body for clerks to town, parish and community councils across England and Wales, about contributing to an episode of their podcast. Sam subsequently met Shelley Parker, Linda Carter and Andrew Towlerton at Factory Studios in Bristol in April 2023 for a discussion largely focussed on how parish councils and the development industry can work better together. Shelley, who chaired the discussion, is the SLCC's external affairs and policy development manager; Linda is currently SLCC president; and Andrew is the SLCC's national planning advisor. The conversation, which hopefully busts some myths along the way, touches on the role of the clerk, the role of the ward councillor, localism, the then recent NPPF consultation, the management of public open space, affordable housing and community land trusts.    The SLCC has already shared the recording via it's podcast, but Sam said that he would share it via the 50 Shades platform as well. 50 Shades of Planning is the podcast by planners and for planners so if you would like to use it as a platform for sharing anything that needs talking about then do please feel free to get in touch with Sam at samstafford@hotmail.com or via @samuel_stafford on Twitter. Some accompanying listening. Rules of Engagement by King Creosote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcKPu6Yo8q4 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

Our special guest this week is Oliver Bulleid, Executive Director of the London Community Land Trust. Decisions of the Week: Decision of the High Court dated 12 May 2023in R (0ao Nelson Richardson) v London Borough of Lambeth et SSLU,H&C [2023] EWHC 1131 (admin)refusing multiple applications related to 4 separate JJ claims – all ruled to be totally without merit. Decision of the Court of Appeal dated 16 May 2023 in SSLU, H&C v, Smith & London Borough of Hackney [2023] EWCA Civ 514, in which they quashed the decision of Kerr J in the High Court, who had allowed an appeal against the decision of an inspector appointed to conduct an appeal determined by written representations, who had been assisted by an appeal planning officer who had prepared a report on facts, evidence, issues and contentions in the appeal and a recommendation based on an evaluative planning judgement. Decision of an inspector dated 11 Mayrelating toland at Lowerside Lane, Glastonbury allowing an appeal against the decision of Mendip District Council to refuse an outline application for up to 90 dwellings in the context of a new unitary authority, no 5 yr HLS, agreement between the main parties that the appeal be allowed, evidence from interested parties contending otherwise, observations from the inspector around the relevance of the travel of direction indicated through LURB and NPPF consultation. Joint Determination by DoT & SSLU,H&C dated 10 May 2023in accordance with the inspector's recommendation, allowing HS2's appeal under para 6 Schedule 17 of the High Speed Rail (London to West Midlands) Act 2017, against the decision of the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, to refuse approval for a lorry route serving five worksites at Balsall Common.

This week we will discussing all things Planning with Daniel Gender-Sherry from Axiom Planning. We will be covering the different Planning Applications, Appeal process, Planning Committee process, Enforcement process, the NPPF and Paragraph 80 Applications.Daniel is a Chartered Town Planner and founder of Axiom Planning, based in Winchester, Axiom Planning specialises in both private and public sector planning, planning enforcement roles and appeals. Daniels company also specialises in Paragraph 80 Homes with an excellent track record in securing planning consent for these complicated projects.You can find more details on Daniel's practice on:https://www.axiomplanning.co.uk/https://www.linkedin.com/company/axiom-planning/Thank you for listening! Please join me next week for more Part3 With Me time.If you liked this episode please give it a rating to help reach more fellow Part3er's!

In S3E4, I give my thoughts on the recent article published by the Police Federation about 'worryingly low promotion success rates down to a lack of learning time during work'. They point out how around only 1 in 6 of their survey respondents were successful in promotion last year, demonstrating how brutally.competitive promotion processes are. The key angle the PFEW take is protected learning time, especially for the exam (which you'll find I've blogged on before). But the real competition begins when competing with other officers for substantive positions. I discuss the ins and outs of this article, the ramifications on promotion processes across the country, and how you can better navigate the minefield. I also explore what's on the horizon and recent changes by the College of Policing; for example, consider the fact they're already mooting a new police promotion framework for officers within the Federated ranks, to replace NPPF, provisionally called the Sergeant and Inspector Promotion Process (SIPP). It's good to see the Fed now taking an interest in the professional aspirations and leadership CPD of their members. As always, I offer an open invite to any Federation to provide entirely FREE promotion and leadership support seminars for their members, either locally or at the extensive national conference facilities. Just get in touch to arrange. As a coach/mentor supporting police promotion candidates across the UK and beyond, I aim to provide valuable and meaningful insights to help you succeed in promotion; especially those aspiring to Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector. I hope you find this podcast helpful leadership CPD. Please 'pass the ladder down' and share with colleagues to support their leadership development too. As always, I welcome your thoughts/feedback. More support available: For more FREE support on your promotion journey to success, check out my blogs and YouTube videos. If you want comprehensive, in-depth and structured information on promotion aligned to the CVF, my unique Digital Toolkits, CVF explainers and Video Masterclass super-briefing supports you throughout, whatever your force's competitive promotion process. Even better, discount code RSGUIDES20 gives 20% off ANYTHING at checkout! See more Rank Success content to read, watch and listen in the following places... FREE Blog: https://policepromotion.blog Premium eGuides, CVF deep-dive, & video Masterclass content: www.ranksuccess.co.uk YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRM4aUxiSEPzmslrur6KToQ I provide this support entirely for free. If you'd like to help support content, you can buy me a coffee on my blog: https://policepromotion.blog/buy-a-coffee --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ranksuccess/message

The issue of integrating planning a transport is not a new one, and is something that CIHT has advocated throught a number of collaborative pieces, inlcuidng Better planing, better trasport, better places and Fixing a failing planning and transport system. In this episode of CIHT's Transport Talks, CIHT president Neil Johnstone speaks with Kyle Fairbairn, Policy Advisor - Planning Transport at CIHT about how we best fix these issues and what CIHT is doing in reponse to the Governements consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework. Listen in if you want to find out about why this issue is so important,To view CIHT's NPPF consultaiton Reponse, click here.

The issue of integrating planning a transport is not a new one, and is something that CIHT has advocated throught a number of collaborative pieces, inlcuidng Better planing, better trasport, better places and Fixing a failing planning and transport system. In this episode of CIHT's Transport Talks, CIHT president Neil Johnstone speaks with Kyle Fairbairn, Policy Advisor - Planning Transport at CIHT about how we best fix these issues and what CIHT is doing in reponse to the Governements consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework. Listen in if you want to find out about why this issue is so important,To view CIHT's NPPF consultaiton Reponse, click here.

Local plan-making is in something of a crisis. Lichfields reported in April 2022 on the 11 local plans that had at that time been overtly delayed, paused or withdrawn. Indeed the number of plans published in draft, submitted for examination and adopted in 2022 were all at the lowest level for a decade. This year is likely to be little better as more and more LPAs initially waited for, and more latterly are digesting, a NPPF consultation and the direction of the reform agenda. Lichfields are now reporting that 38 LPAs have overtly delayed, paused or withdrawn their plans, and this does not include those that are covertly doing so. For every local plan that has fallen away because of Green Belt, housing numbers and Duty-to-Cooperate-related matters is a local plan that is not progressing a positive response to, for example, climate change, economic growth, and health and wellbeing. The NPPF consultation states that the Levelling-Up & Regeneration Bill will put the foundations in place for delivering a genuinely plan-led system, but, in eschewing ‘the big issues' and lowering the bar for plans to get over in order to be sound, it conveys a distinctly unambitious sense that any plan is better than a proper plan. What are the barriers to plan-making and how can they to be overcome? What is the positive case for plan-making and how can it be better made? What does a good local plan look like? Sam Stafford puts these questions to John Cheston, Ian Butt, Kim Tagliarini, Chris Outersides and Catriona Riddell. John Cheston is Planning Policy Manager at Buckinghamshire Council. Ian Butt is Head of Place & Policy at Castle Point Borough Council. Kim is Head of Planning & Environmental Health at Elmbridge Council. Chris is Strategic Plan Director at South West Hertfordshire. Catriona is a Director at Catriona Riddell & Associates. Some accompanying reading. What does a good local plan look like? http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/01/what-does-good-local-plan-look-like.html Start me up – but then you stopped: the continuing cost of local plan delays https://lichfields.uk/blog/2023/january/30/start-me-up-but-then-you-stopped-the-continuing-cost-of-local-plan-delays/ How to make planning for housing a vote winner (£) https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1811474/planning-housing-vote-winner Some accompanying listening. Masterplan by My Morning Jacket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MRRr7MyXk 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

Our Special Guest this week is Joanna Averley, Chief Planner for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Joanna is a planner who has worked across all aspect of the town planning, regeneration, built environment and development process. She has worked in consultancy, charity and as a government adviser. Decisions of the Week: Decision of the Court of Appeal in R(oaf Blacker) v Chelmsford City Council [2023] EWCA Civ 25 dated 17th January 2023 dismissing an appeal against the decision of Mrs Justice Thornton who declined to quash a decision granting outline planning permission for housing on a part PDL /greenfield site in Roxwell. First resolution minded to grant but at a second meeting the decision was to refuse. Issues of inconsistency raised. A Minded to Grant Decision made on behalf of the Secretary of State dated 19th January 2023 giving the applicant, the Ministry of Justice, time to provide further evidence to address highway issues identified by the inspector, recommending refusal of the appeal against the dismissal by Chorley Borough Council of a hybrid application for a new prison on land adjacent to HMP Garth & HMP Wymott, Leyland, Lancashire in the Green Belt. Decision of an inspector dated 9th January 2023 allowing an appeal by Ainscough Strategic Land against the decision of West Oxfordshire DC to refuse an outline application for up to 120 dwellings on greenfield land at Witney Road, Ducklington. Land said to be in a gap between Ducklington and Witney, impact on landscape character and setting of conservation area, no 5 yr HLS. NPPF 202 exercise engaged. Decision of an inspector dated 18th January 2023 dismissing an appeal by Senior Living (Freelands) Ltd against the decision of West Oxfordshire DC to refuse an outline application for up to 160 C2 extra care units & retention of veterinary practice in Coach House on a 4.3 ha site in the grounds of Freeland House, a NDHA and itself in use as a Care Home. The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the panellists.

It will not have escaped the attention of regular 50 Shades listeners that a consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was launched shortly before Christmas and, knowing that it was coming, friend of the podcast Simon Ricketts arranged one his 'Planning Law Unplanned' Clubhouse sessions for the first week back. Simon kindly agreed to record the discussion so that Sam Stafford could share it by of the 50 Shades platform. Listeners will hear in this episode an excellent dissection of the motivations behind, key provisions within, and likely impact of, the proposed changes to the NPPF by a stellar line-up of planning professionals. The discussion includes contributions David Diggle, Rebecca Coley, Annie Gingell, Vicky Payne, Catriona Riddell, Zack Simons, Nicky Linihan, Greg Dickson, Hana Loftus and Steve Quartermain. Some accompanying reading. Levelling-up & Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill-reforms-to-national-planning-policy Zack's NPPF Blog https://www.planoraks.com/posts-1/notes-on-reform-whats-the-nppf-for Sam's NPPF Blog http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/01/national-planning-policy-fudge.html Catriona's column in Planning Magazine (£) https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1809880/why-goves-nppf-revisions-harder-meet-housing-need-catriona-riddell Some accompanying listening. Planning Magazine's Room 106 Podcast on the NPPF that features Catriona https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/ep29-your-30-minute-guide-to-how-the-proposed/id1596110607?i=1000593883827 The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sEzRKQLkds 50 Shades T-Shirts! If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that... 'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'. Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

Our Special Guest this week is Catriona Riddell FRPTI, Director of Catriona Riddell & Associates Ltd, Strategic Planning Specialist to POS, Vice-Chair of TCPA & member of RTPI England Policy Panel. Decisions of the Week: Decision of the Court of Appeal in Tidal Lagoon (Swansea Bay) PLC v Secretary of State for BE&IS & Welsh Ministers & Swansea Council [2022] EWCA Civ 1579 dated 1st December 2022 dismissing an appeal against the failure of the court below to grant declarations that a DCO granted in 2015 had been lawfully commenced. Issues around the requirements stipulated in the DCO and sections 154 & 155 of the Planning Act 2008. Decision of the Secretary of State for Housing & Planning dated 5th December 2022 allowing an appeal by JBM Solar Projects 2 Ltd against the refusal by Mid Devon Council of an application for planning permission for the construction of ground-mounted solar PV panels to generate up to 49.9 MW on a 60.78hs site. Landscape effects, impacts on DHA, loss of BMV agricultural land, safety of a battery storage facility, BNG, & benefits all considered in context of development plan and NPPF. Inspector recommendation that permission be granted. Decision of the Secretary of State dated 7 December 2022 allowing an application made in 2017 by West Cumbria Mining Ltd following a referral under section 77 of the TCPA in March 2021 and a subsequent public inquiry in 2021 for a new underground coal mine, the refurbishment of two mine drifts leading to two new drifts, coal loading facilities & railway siding, new underground conveyor & associated development at Whitehaven in accordance with the inspector's recommendation. Decision of the Secretary of State for BE&IS dated 7 December 2022 for the Keadby 3 (Carbon Capture Gas Fired Generating Station) Order for the construction, operation and maintenance of a new electricity generating station for up to 901 MW of gross electrical output under the Planning Act 2008, in accordance with the examining authority's recommendation, on land within & adjoining the existing Keadby Power Station site, west of the village of Keadby and 7 km west of Scunthorpe.

It's cold, wet and miserable and, alas, there is little in Michael Gove's recent Written Ministerial Statement to warm the cockles of a planner's heart. Hopefully then the return of the 50 Shades of Planning Festive Christmas Quiz will spread some seasonal cheer. Even by the standards of the fast-paced, ever-changing, rock and roll world of town and country planning it has been quite a year. With the help of Richard Garlick at Planning magazine, who provided Sam Stafford with some of the most-read stories on PlanningResource.co.uk, Sam quizzes some of the 50 Shades alumni on 2022's highlights and lowlights. Expect fun, frivolity and an appearance from a very special guest… Some accompanying reading January Minister announces new performance measures for planning inspectors to speed up appeal decisions https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1738709/minister-announces-new-performance-measures-planning-inspectors-speed-appeal-decisions February Government announces first council to be designated under ‘special measures' programme for seven years https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1739648/government-announces-first-council-designated-special-measures-programme-seven-years March Councils to freeze decisions on housing applications following Natural England recreation advice https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1749748/councils-freeze-decisions-housing-applications-following-natural-england-recreation-advice#:~:text=A%20moratorium%20on%20determining%20planning,damage%20a%20protected%20forest%20site. April Councils three times more likely to successfully defend design refusals following NPPF change, research finds https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1754069/councils-three-times-likely-successfully-defend-design-refusals-following-nppf-change-research-finds May New leader says council to consider withdrawing local plan after branding housing target as ‘nonsense' https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1788258/new-leader-says-council-consider-withdrawing-local-plan-branding-housing-target-nonsense June New NPPF to come out next month, says Gove https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1789261/new-nppf-next-month-says-gove July Truss pledges new simplified planning zones to create 21st century Bournvilles https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1794102/truss-pledges-new-simplified-planning-zones-create-21st-century-bournvilles August Government plans to take powers to shorten national infrastructure examinations https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1797265/government-plans-powers-shorten-national-infrastructure-examinations?bulletin=planning-daily&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=eNews%20Bulletin&utm_source=20220830&utm_content=Planning%20Resource%20Daily%20(75)::www_planningresource_co_uk_art&email_hash= September Affordable housing and environmental requirements ‘to be relaxed in new investment zones' https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1799678/affordable-housing-environmental-requirements-to-relaxed-new-investment-zones#:~:text=Services%20Guide%20Show-,Affordable%20housing%20and%20environmental%20requirements%20'to,relaxed%20in%20new%20investment%20zones'&text=The%20government%20is%20set%20to,growth%2C%20according%20to%20media%20reports. October Gove returns as levelling up secretary https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1803168/gove-returns-levelling-secretary November Half of councils lack the capacity to monitor compliance with planning enforcement, says survey https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1806623/half-councils-lack-capacity-monitor-compliance-planning-enforcement-says-survey December Government promises ‘strengthened' green belt protections and penalties for ‘slow' developers https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1807348/government-promises-strengthened-green-belt-protections-penalties-slow-developers

Vice-President of the RSPB, Deputy Chair of Natural Resources Wales and member of the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Steve Ormerod is Professor of Ecology at Cardiff University and has had a lifelong interest in the effects of global change on river ecosystems. Decisions of the Week: Decision of High Court in R (oaf Hardcastle) v Buckingham Council & BDW Trading Ltd [2022] EWHC 2905 (Admin) dated 16th November 2022 dismissing a challenge to the grant of outline planning permission for residential development on a site abutting Maids Moreton where the Claimant contended the application should have been taken back to committee applying the Kides principle, breach of legitimate expectation, exceedance of delegated authority & an error in EIA screening. Decision of an inspector dated 24th November 2022 dismissing an appeal by CG Fry & Son against the non-determination by Somerset West & Taunton Council of the discharge of conditions on a phased housing development based on the absence of an Appropriate Assessment under the Habs Regs 2017 & the application of NPPF 181. The appeal site lies in the Somerset Levels & Moors SPA & Ramsar Site where the interest features are considered to be unfavourable and at risk of eutrophication caused by excessive phosphates. Decision of an inspector dated 23rd November 2022 dismissing an appeal by Miller Homes Ltd & Bargate Homes Ltd against the non-determination by Fareham Borough Council, of an application for outline planning permssion for up to 375 dwellings on for four field parcels lying in the Strategic Gap between Fareham and Stubbington. Issues at inquiry focused on the impact of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area and consistency with the adopted strategy for the location of new housing. Site had been in Reg 18 of emerging local plan but attracted 500 objections. Other appeals decisions considered. No 5 yr HLS. Decision of an inspector dated 22 November 2022 dismissing an appeal by Christchurch Land & Estates (Melton) Ltd against the refusal of East Suffolk Council, of an application for an 80 bedroom C2 home and 72 assisted care bungalows. Issues around suitability of location having regard to its location in the countryside and access to services and facilities, the need for specialist accommodation, effect on the character and appearance of the area & the suitability of the accommodation given its initial lack of 1 bed units in the face of the Council's SHMA assessment.

Our Special Guest this week is Julie James MS, Welsh Minister for Climate Change. Decisions of the Week: Decision of an inspector dated 11th October 2022 concerning an appeal by Waddeton Park Ltd against the refusal by Exeter City Council to grant permission for an outline phased development of up to 100 dwellings on a greenfield site, raising issues about the effect of development in a strategic gap and the Exe Estuary SPA & Pebblebed Heaths SAC & SPA. Decision of an inspector dated 10th October 2022 allowing Bellway Homes Ltd's appeals for residential development of 119 dwellings on phases 3 &4 and 183 dwellings on phase 5 against the refusals by Bolton MBC, both on land designated as “other Protected Land” in the Bolton Core Strategy. Issues raised about the impact on landscape character & visual impact of sites outside but abutting the settlement boundary. Decision of an inspector dated 4th October 2022 refusing to confirm the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Council (Vicarage Field and surrounding land) Compulsory Purchase Order 2021 under section 226(1)(a) of the Town & Country Planning Act to facilitate, amongst other matters, the redevelopment of the Vicarage Field Shopping Centre. Viability of the scheme with outline permission not demonstrated by AA. Decision of an inspector dated 5 October 2022 allowing an appeal by Robert Hitchens Ltd against non-determination by Cheltenham Borough Council, of an outline application for up to 250 dwellings at Oakley Farm, Cheltenham in the Cotswold AONB. No 5 yr HLS. Three rule 6 parties. Issues raised around design, impact on character & appearance, impacts on designated heritage assets. Application of NPPF 177 re AONB & 202 re-designated heritage assets. Tilted balance, not displaced.

Our Special Guest this week is Toby Savage, Leader of South Gloucestershire Council. Decisions of the Week: Decision of Court of Appeal in Barton Park Estates ltd v Secretary of State & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 833 dated 21st June 2022 dismissing an appeal against the decision of His Hon Judge Jarman dismissing a section 288 appeal against an inspector's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for the stationing of up to 80 caravans “for the purposes of human habitation” at Magpie Leisure Park, Bedford Bridge, raising issues about the scope of a 1987 planning permission & I'm Your Man. Decision of an inspector dated 30th June 2022 allowing an appeal by Yelland Quay Ltd against the refusal by North Devon District Council for a hybrid application for detailed demolition, flood defence works & bat building & vehicle parking for Tarka Trail & outline permission for mixed use including 250 dwellings, Class E employment & retail floorspace on land formerly occupied by a coal-fired station, allocated for development & located in an SSSI, near a SAC/SSSI & within the setting of an AONB. Decision of an inspector dated 24 June 2022 allowing an appeal by Churchill Retirement Living against the failure of Wychavon District Council to give notice of a decision for retirement living accommodation, with a single issue based on viability, and a consequential affordable housing contribution. Decision of an inspector dated 30th June 2022 dismissing appeals for planning permission & listed building consent, against the decision of City of London Corporation, for the refurbishment extension and conversion of the Custom House, a grade 1 LB for hotel led scheme based on the application of NPPF 202.

Our Special Guest this week is Marc Van Grieken MSc FLI, Landscape Architect, Chair of the Landscape Institute's Technical Committee. Decisions of the Week: Decision of Minister for Housing dated 7th June 2022 dismissing a recovered appeal by Island Gas Ltd, in accordance with the inspector's recommendation, for drilling & testing of hydrocarbons at EP1 Well at Ellesmere Port Wellsite, Cheshire raising questions around energy, shale gas & climate change policy, WMSs & NPPF, effects on mental health. Decision of an inspector dated 13 June 2022 allowing an appeal by David Wilson Homes against the refusal of Charnwood Borough Council for 170 dwellings & granting outline permission on open arable land on the southern edge of Sileby, a service centre. No 5 yr HLS, NPPF 11(d) applicable, emerging local plan, loss of BMV, impact on character & appearance. Decision of an inspector dated 14 June 2022 dismissing an appeal by a landowner against the decision of Mansfield District Council to refuse permission for up to 204 dwellings on greenfield land raising issues around ecology & biodiversity in particular nature conservation & support for Priority Habitats & Species and BNG. Decision of an inspector dated 15th June 2022 allowing an appeal against the decision of North Somerset Council for up to 100 dwellings on land adjoining but outside the settlement boundary, occupied by agricultural buildings & one house at Yatton, a service centre near Bristol. Neighbourhood plan, issues around 5 yr HLS, emerging now local plan, location & scale of development, impact on ecology & biodiversity & Grampian conditions.

This week is about the first part of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).This episode covers PC3: Legal Framework and Processes from the Part 3 Criteria.Follow the links below for more information on:The National Planning Policy Framework Document:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework--2Local Plans::https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-plansNeighbourhood Plans:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/neighbourhood-planning--2NPPF Guidance and Policies:https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/policy-and-legislation/policy-and-guidanceThank you for listening! Please join me next week for Part 2 of the NPPF and a bonus scenario.If you liked this episode please give it a rating to help reach more fellow Part3er's! 

In this week's blog, we look at the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), now in it's 3rd edition, published on 20 July 2021. This is essential reading for Planning & Development pathway RICS APC candidates, as well as any candidates involved in the planning process.

Our Special Guests this week are Brian May, CBE, PhD FRAS and Rock legend and Anne Brummer, CEO and Co-founder of the Save Me Trust. Brian is a founding member of Queen, a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, producer and performer, also a Doctor of Astrophysics, campaigner for animal rights and a passionate advocate for political and social change. Brian, along with Anne, Co-founded the Save Me Trust. Decisions of the Month: Decision of the Court of Appeal dated 15th October 2021 refusing permission to appeal by the London Borough of Hillingdon against the dismissal of a claim by Sir Duncan Ouseley for JR of a decision by an inspector on an appeal under paragraph 22 of Schedule 17 “Conditions of Deemed Planning Permission”, to the High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Act 2017 (“the HS2 Act”) concerning lorry routing arrangements. Decision of an Inspector dated 18th October 2021 allowing Miller Homes' appeal against the refusal by Fareham BC of an outline application for up to 350 homes at Porchester, an earlier appeal dismissed on highway grounds, NPPF issues relating to the effect of development upon Portsmouth Harbour Special Protection Area (SPA) and the Solent and Southampton Water SPA, heritage & absence of 5 yr HLS. Decision of an Inspector dated 25th October 2021 allowing Whitstable Oyster Company Limited's appeal against enforcement notices issued by Canterbury City Council relating to construction of oyster trestles for cultivating and farming of oysters at Whitstable beach between the low and highwater mark. Issues centred on the effects of development on the ecology of the SPA and the Swale RAMSAR, economic benefits & marine safety & recreational activity. Decision of an Inspector dated25th October 2021 dismissing Gladman Development Limited's appeal for outline planning permission for up to 220 homes, refused by Uttlesford District Council, on agricultural land, on the northern side of Elsenham, outside the “development limits” of the local plan with boundaries along the M11 & West Anglia main line railway. Main issues relate to noise, BMV and the overall planning balance given a 3.1 HLS.

'Where are we now?' asks Sam Stafford in this episode not in the manner of an exasperated child in the back of a hot car staring out at a traffic jam on the M5, but in the manner of an exasperated planning professional contemplating why, as we hurtle towards the end of the second year of this parliamentary term, the Government's vision for the planning system, nay the country, remains, let's say charitably, in embryonic form. A good indication as to where we are now comes from the raft of reports and speeches published and delivered by politicians and think tanks recently, seemingly with the aim of getting things off their desk before the end of term. July 2021 brought: A Robert Jenrick speech to the Local Government Association's annual conference;A Boris Johnson speech on his vision to level up the United Kingdom;A Written Ministerial Statement from Robert Jenrick on building beautiful places alongside the revised NPPF and National Model Design Code;Place Alliance's Design Deficit report;The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee's report on Post-Pandemic Economic Growth and Levelling Up;The Department for Transport's Plan for Decarbonising transport: a better, greener Britain; andTransparency International UK's report: ‘House of Cards – Exploring access and influence in UK housing policy'. Joining Sam to chew over that little lot and to get a feel, as everybody heads either up or down the motorway network for their summer hols, are four friends of, and regular contributors to, the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast. Simon Ricketts (@sricketts1) is a Partner at Town Legal;Shelly Rouse (@rouse_shelly) is a Principal Consultant at the Planning Advisory Service;Vicky Payne (@Victoria_Payne) is a Senior Consultant at URBED; andPaul Smith (@Paul_SLG) is Managing Director at the Strategic Land Group. The 50 Shades of Planning Summer Holiday Reading List. Robert Jenrick's speech to the Local Government Association's annual conference https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/local-government-association-annual-conference-2021-secretary-of-states-speech  Boris Johnson's speech on his vision to level up the United Kingdom https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-prime-ministers-levelling-up-speech-15-july-2021 A Written Ministerial Statement from Robert Jenrick on building beautiful places (published alongside the revised NPPF and National Model Design Code) https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-07-20/hcws21 Place Alliance's 'Design Deficit' report http://placealliance.org.uk/research/design-deficit/ The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee's report on Post-Pandemic Economic Growth and Levelling Up https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/365/business-energy-and-industrial-strategy-committee/news/156781/governments-levelling-up-agenda-risks-becoming-an-everything-and-nothing-policy-say-business-committee/ ‘Decarbonising transport: a better, greener Britain' by the Department for Transport https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transport-decarbonisation-plan ‘House of Cards – Exploring access and influence in UK housing policy' by Transparency International UK https://www.transparency.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/House%20of%20Cards%20-%20Transparency%20International%20UK%20%28web%29.pdf The Chief Medical Officer's annual report 2021 seeking a national strategy to improve the health of coastal communities https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chief-medical-officer-annual-report-2021 Some accompanying listening. Holiday by Happy Mondays https://youtu.be/kYRF7qcBMDg 50 Shades T-Shirts! http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html

In this weeks podcast, we take a look at the new RICS Guidance Note Assessing Viability in Planning under the NPPF 2019 for England. This is essential reading for RICS APC Planning & Development candidates, as well as any candidates pursuing Planning as a technical competency. The full Guidance Note can be downloaded on the RICS website.

Stuart and Simon chat to Imran Lokhon about the planning permission process and other property business topics including sourcing, development and building property teams. The discussion this week includes: * How Imran got started in property (and planning). * Imran's podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/losing-your-property-investor-cherry/id1565544356). * Starting in property sourcing. * Around 2008 was a very lucrative time to be buying property. * Travel still needed to get deals with good yield. * Providing end-to-end sourcing. * Get clear about your ideal client. * Choosing areas based on yield, market opportunity and the local team. * Evaluating letting agents. * Progressing with property flipping. * Developing properties into multiple units. * The National Planning Policy Framework. * Local authorities are now more open to development. * More, and early, communication to improve planning for local authorities and developers. * The 4 most important things to think about when considering a planning application. * Go pastel! * Find Imran at Modus Academy (https://www.modus-academy.com/). Please leave us a rating and review if you're enjoying the show. Special Guest: Imran Lokhon.

Our Special Guest this week is Jennie Daly, Group Operations Director & Executive Director at Taylor Wimpey PLC. Decisions of the Week: Juden v London Borough of Tower Hamlets & Crest Nicholson & Secretary of State for HCLG [2021] EWHC 1368. A decision of Sir Duncan Ouseley allowing an application for judicial review quashing a decision to grant permission & listed building consent for residential development of the former London Chest Hospital, a Grade 11 LB in a Conservation Area involving the relocation of a veteran mulberry tree. Issues around the adequacy of the officer report, NPPF 195 & 196 & publication of consultation responses. R (oao Kinsey) V London Borough of Lewisham & City of London Corporation [2021] EWHC 1286. A decision of Mrs Justice Lang DBE quashing a permission for the demolition of two 1970s buildings & their replacement with taller building, part of the site lies in the Sydenham Hill Conservation Area. Heritage issues around the omission of significant parts of the conservation officer's advice. Decision of an Inspector dated 14 May 2021 allowing Churchill Retirement Living Ltd's appeal against the failure of Hart District Council to determine an application planning permission for the redevelopment of the former Fleet Police Station for 31 retirement apartments on design grounds & impact of TBH SPA. Decision of an inspector dated17th May2021 dismissing an appeal against the former South Northants District Council's refusal of an outline application for residential development on land outside, but adjacent to, the village settlement confines of Paulerspury.

Our Special Guest this week is Catriona Riddell MRTPI, the Strategic Planning Specialist for the Planning Officers' Society and Director of Catriona Riddell & Associates Ltd. Decisions of the Week: Secretary of State for Transport & Curzon Park Ltd et al [2021] EWCA civ 651 a Court of Appeal decision dismissing an appeal of the decision of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) on a preliminary issue of law about whether other certificates of appropriate alternative development are to be treated as material planning considerations in determining a CAAD. Sefton Borough Council v Secretary of State for HC&LG et al [2021] EWHC 1082, a High Court decision challenging the decision of an inspector to quash enforcement notices and allow the deemed ground of appeal for inappropriate development in the GB, raising issues on interpretation of NPPF 143 & 144. R (oaf Corbett) v Cornwall Council [2021] EWHC 1114 another decision of the High Court relating to a failed attempt to quash a planning permission for a house at Trevarrian Hill granted based on an allegedly misleading officer report the meaning of the words “immediately adjoining.” Decision of an inspector dated 4th May 2021 dismissing an appeal against the decision of Tendring District Council to refuse planning permission for a change of use to create a retirement park by allowing residential use of caravans based on the adverse impact on tourism and harm to the settlement pattern.

This week our Special Guest is Peter Freeman, Chair of Homes England. Decisions of the Week Decision of an inspector dated 22nd March 2021 allowing an appeal by Wates Developments against Tonbridge & Malling BC's failure to determine their outline application for up to 250 homes on a greenfield BMV site; application of tilted balance due to lack of HLS. Decision of an inspector dated 29th March allowing Dylon 2 Ltd's appeal granting full planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings & redevelopment for a four to eleven storey C3 development for 254 dwellings on MOL land where LPA had no 5 yr HLS & whether VSC demonstrated. Decision of the Secretary of State dated 31st March allowing an appeal by Bluescape Ltd for a part 6, part 7 storey development for 193 dwellings on a former police station & allocated site in the High St, Brentford in the face of NPPF 196 engagement & 20% AH. Decision of an inspector dated 13th April 2021 allowing Applegreen PLC's appeal & refusing Moto Hospitality's appeal against Harrogate BC's refusals of their outline applications for permission for a MSA on the A1(M) raising issues around a need for a MSA, landscape & BMV issues, effects on highway safety, drainage, flood risk & impacts on DHA.

“We should aspire to pass on our heritage to our successors, not depleted but enhanced. In order to do that, we need to bring about a profound and lasting change in the buildings that we build, which is one of the reasons we are placing a greater emphasis on locally popular design, quality and access to nature, through our national planning policies and introducing the National Model Design Codes.” So said Robert Jenrick when announcing at the end of January 2021 the Government's response to the report of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission. As well as the creation of an ‘Office for Place', which is to support local communities in determining the standard for all new buildings in their area, the NPPF is to be revised to place greater emphasis on beauty, place-making and, of course, tree-lined streets. In addition, a new paragraph 127 of the NPPF will state that all LPAs should prepare design guides or codes consistent with the principles set out in the National Design Guide and the new National Model Design Code (NMDC). The NMDC itself though, as one of it's authors, David Rudlin of URBED has admitted, is not a code at all but a guide to writing codes.  An increased emphasis on the design quality of new development, and a national framework for design standards for LPAs to set policy and determine individual decisions by, can only be a good thing. There seems to be a huge leap though from where we are now to all LPAs having a design code or guide in place within three years, which the Chief Planner has written to them requesting. And what, for example, is the Code's relationship with the White Paper? Are Codes for every street or just ‘Growth' and ‘Renewal' areas? And whilst agreement on what constitutes a good design code should be easy to achieve, agreement on what constitutes good design, let alone beautiful design, is perhaps harder achieve. Are expectations for what a NMDC can achieve being set unrealistically high? Joining Sam Stafford to discuss these issues in this episode are Paul Smith, Vicky Payne, Louise Wood and Ben Woolnough. Paul (@paul_slg) is Managing Director at the Strategic Land Group; Vicky (@Victoria_Payne) is a planner and urban designer at URBED; Louise (@LWood_Cornwall) is Service Director for Planning at Cornwall Council; and Ben (@benhoward_w) is Major Sites & Infrastructure Manager at East Suffolk Council. Some accompanying reading. National Model Design Code https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/957205/National_Model_Design_Code.pdf Guidance Notes for Design Codes https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/957207/Guidance_notes_for_Design_Codes.pdf Design Skills in English Local Authorities https://www.udg.org.uk/publications/otherpub/design-skills-english-local-authorities ‘Unlocking The Code' by David Rudlin https://www.bdonline.co.uk/opinion/unlocking-the-code-with-one-of-its-authors/5110463.article Some accompanying listening. Code of the Streets by Gang Starr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kwZUeog30

We take a deep dive on some cases and discuss virtual events and our thoughts on them. Court Judgments of the Week R (oao Client Earth) v Secretary of State BE&IS & Drax Power Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 43 a decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal from the decision of Holgate J who had dismissed a claim for JR of the decision to grant a DCO for a NSIP for two gas-fired generating units at Drax Power. R (oao Asda Stores Ltd) v Leeds City Council & Commercial Development Project Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 32 a decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal from the decision of Lieven J who had dismissed a claim for JR of the decision to grant permission for a mixed use retail led development at the former Benyon Centre based on an alleged misinterpretation of NPPF [90]. Parkview Homes Limited v Chichester District Council [2021] EWHC 59 a successful challenge to the grant of permission on an A3 change of use “extension of hours “application via s73 under delegated powers raising amenity/noise issues. A decision of the Secretary of State for Transport dated 19 January 2021, in accordance with the recommendation of the Examining Authority, granting Highways England a DCO to widen the A1 from 3 lanes to 4 between J68 & J65 of the A1 at Gateshead to support future development at the Team Valley Trading Estate Decision of the Week Monkhill Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 74 Plus “Praise of the Week” and “Nudge of the Week”

Court Judgments of the Week Gluck v Secretary of State HC&LG & Crawley BC [2020] EWCA Civ 1756 a decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal of the decision of Holgate J who had decided that the 56-day period for prior approval in paragraph W(11) of part 3 of schedule 2 to the GPDO 2015 could be extended by agreement. R (Hewitt)V Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council & Russell Homes (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 3405 a claim for JR by a local councillor against the grant of a planning permission in the context of the application of NPPF 11(d)(ii), 196, harm to a valued landscape and consistency in decision-making. Swale Borough Council v Secretary of State HC&LG & Attwood & Partners [2020] EWHC 3482 an unsuccessful challenge to a decision awarding costs to an appellant in respect of issues relating to affordable housing & highways. Decision of the Week Bellway Homes vs Maidstone Borough Council regarding planning permission granted for residential development for 421 dwellings with associated access, infrastructure, drainage, open space and landscaping at Land West of Church Road, Otham, Kent ME15 8SBin accordance with the terms of the application, Ref 19/506182/FULL dated 6 December 2019. “Nudge of the week” and “Champion of the Week”

The NgulDumbs are currently at home, with Bhutan into its second lockdown, which Thimphu and Paro are still under. We have decided to remotely record this podcast. NgulDumbs Namgay, Pelmo, Pema Seldon, Jigme Ugyen, Phuntsho and Srijana cover financial services – banks, borrowing, credit checks and insurance— to help you understand how it can be useful for you We are @shapersthimphu on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn Show Notes: 1. “The Bhutan Financial Inclusion Focus Group Survey (2012) states that Bhutan is still very much a cash based economy with informal savings and lending culture.” Source: http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/3745/1/Bhutan%20Connecting%20Disconnected.pdf 2. “Another report states that only 68% of adult population as of 2019 is banked!” Source: The Bhutan Financial Inclusion Focus Group Survey at https://www.rma.org.bt/RMA%20Publication/papers/State%20of%20Financial%20Inclusion%20Report%202019.pdf 3. A helpful guide on interest rate comparison among Bhutanese banks: https://www.diwaspuri.com/blog/bank-for-your-buck/ 4. Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank which pioneered the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. Read more about how microfinance lending empowers the most vulnerable and excluded people in society: https://medium.com/@chrisstatham_13858/101-an-introduction-to-microfinance-dd7988c38696 5. If you need a self inquiry credit check, get the form here [Either email it or drop it at their office at the NPPF building]: https://www.cib.bt/ProductAndServices/Downloads.aspx 6. Thinking of buying an insurance policy? Learn more about life insurance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgBhy8iXjpI&ab_channel=TwoCents

Our Special Guest this week is Richard Bacon, the MP who brought forward a Private Members Bill that became the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act. Planning decisions of the week An inspector's decision 2nd December dismissing an appeal against the refusal of Bedford Borough Council to grant permission for up to 400 homes on a site outside the urban core, with issues about HLS & NPPF para 11, impact on the setting of a SAM & heritage assets, archaeology, BMV. An inspector's decision 25th November allowing an appeal for 50 homes at Finchingfield, against the refusal of Braintree District Council on a site outside the ancient village with listed buildings and beyond the conservation area, issues about impact on the countryside but no 5 year HLS. An inspector's decision 3rdDecember dismissing an appeal against the refusal of the London Borough of Wandsworth to grant permission for a mixed use scheme of four blocks four storeys high on employment land raising issues about the effect of development on the living conditions of neighbouring residential properties, effects on a Conservation Area & locally listed building. An inspector's decision 3rd December dismissing an appeal for 25 homes against Central Bedfordshire Council's decision on a site outside the settlement envelope of Haynes, a Large Village, impacts on character & appearance of the countryside, designated heritage assets & a pre NPPF development plan. Plus “Praise of the Week” and “Nudge of the Week”

Our Special Guest this week is Robert Rinder, barrister, host of the ITV series Judge Rinder & newly appointed Legal Services Ambassador for Shelter. Robert will be talking with us about how the planning system can address the housing crisis. As before, there is no charge for the event, but we would encourage you to make a modest donation to a charity of your choice. As always we support the NHS Combined Charity Page but in view of our theme this week you may wish to consider a donation to Shelter. Court Judgments of the Week Smith V Castle Point Borough Council & Benfleet Scrap Limited [ 2020] EWCA Civ 1420a Court of Appeal decision on the meaning & effect of a delegated decision to grant planning permission for the erection of a 5 metre wall around a scrap yard in face of alleged failures in the officer report to consider contamination & intensification. DB Symmetry Limited V Swindon BC & Secretary of State HC&LG [2020] EWCA Civ 1331a Court of Appeal decision relating to whether a condition attached to the grant of planning permission lawfully required the public to have rights of passage over roads to be constructed as part of the development. Appeals of the Week Section 78 inspector decisions on appeals 20th October relating to 112 dwellings in open countryside, at Doddington Park Farmhouse required to facilitate priority heritage works to a group of listed buildings including Grade 1 Doddington Hall, & Grade 11* Delves Hall and Star Barn. Application of NPPF para 11 c ; para 79 (b), 193 & 106. 19th October for up to 250 dwellings on land outside the settlement boundary of Holmewood, Derbyshire in circumstances where the site was not identified in the emerging development plan which planned to extend the settlement elsewhere. Application of NPPF 11 (d). “Nudge of the week” and “Champion of the Week”.

Our Very Special Guest this week is Simon Gallagher, Director of Planning at MHCLG. Simon is leading the civil service in the Ministry in respect of the Planning White Paper and the consultation on the Changes to the Current Planning System. Court Judgments of the Week Norfolk Homes V North Norfolk DC [2020] EWHC 2265 a decision of Holgate J confirming that a planning permission granted pursuant to section 73 was not subject to a section 106 obligation which governed the original no longer extant permission. Gathercole V Suffolk CC [2020] EWCA Civ 1179 a decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal upholding the County Council's grant of permission for a new primary school despite a failure to have due regard to the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 in respect of the effect of aircraft noise on children with protected characteristics. Appeals of the Week Successful appeal by Retirement Villages & Nottcuts Ltd for a 84 unit C2 facility against decision of Mid Sussex dated 11 September 2020 in circumstances where the proposal was contrary to the recently adopted Mid-Sussex Local Plan and the most important policies were judged up to date Highthorn a Secretary of State redetermination of a mineral appeal whereby, contrary to the inspector's recommendation, the appeal was dismissed. This raises issues around the Government's Clean Growth Strategy, the application of footnote 65 to [205] & [211 (b)] of NPPF, the need for coal as well as less than substantial harm to heritage assets.

“At the moment, some local authorities can duck potentially difficult decisions, because they are free to come up with their own methodology for calculating ‘objectively assessed need'. So, we are going to consult on a new standard methodology for calculating ‘objectively assessed need', and encourage councils to plan on this basis.” So said the ‘Fixing our broken housing market' White Paper in February 2017. It might have been hoped that the introduction of the standard method in 2018 would breathe new life into the non-housing chapters of local plans that were struggling to breathe on account of the numbers debate sucking all of the oxygen out of the examination process. Whilst the concept was simpler than the 2012 NPPF's requirement to assess OAN, it could be argued that as merely and ‘starting point', and with “exceptional circumstances” still to be taken into account, as well as the household projections being fed into the formula seemingly changing as often as the seasons, the standard method has made little, if any, difference to local plan timescales. Here we are now digesting the implications of the proposed 2020 version of the standard method, as well as the further reform included in the housing-focussed ‘Planning for the future' White Paper. Has the standard method improved plan making? Do the 2020 standard method and the White Paper's proposals represent a step forwards, a step backwards or step sideways? Or infact does the numbers game simply involve going around and around in circles? Sam Stafford puts these questions to Christopher Young, Queens Counsel at No. 5 Chambers; Shelly Rouse, Principal Planner at Canterbury City Council on secondment at the Planning Advisory Service; and Colin Robinson, Director at Lichfields. Some accompanying reading. The Local Plan Expert's Group report. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508345/Local-plans-report-to-governement.pdf 'The impacts of the standard methodology for assessing the objectively assessed need for housing in local authorities' by the University of Liverpool. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/geography-and-planning/research/sarc/research-projects/ 'Setting a higher standard – a new method for assessing housing needs' by Bethan Haynes at Lichfields. https://lichfields.uk/blog/2020/august/7/setting-a-higher-standard-a-new-method-for-assessing-housing-needs/ 'The new standard method for assessing housing need' by Christopher Young QC. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christopher-young-qc-3097b822_article-on-the-governments-new-standard-activity-6709337597438672897-FdwJ

'I began to see what a sacred cow the Green Belt has become' said Minister for Housing & Local Government Richard Crossman in 1964. The Green Belt is a political behemoth that has long loomed over the planning system. In this episode Sam Stafford asks Paul Miner, Strategic Planning & Devolution at CPRE, and Kathryn Ventham, Planning Partner at Barton Willmore, whether housing need is becoming a sufficiently irresistible force to shift hitherto immovable Green Belt boundaries? Twitter handles: @samuel_stafford. @PaulMiner3 and @kateventham. Some accompanying reading and viewing: John Grindrod's ‘Outskirts' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/14/outskirts-by-john-grindrod-review Ipsos Mori polling for the CPRE on public attitudes towards the Green Belt https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/attitudes-towards-green-belt-land Ipsos Mori polling for Housing The Powerhouse on attitudes towards housing development in Greater Manchester http://www.housingthepowerhouse.com/downloads/Housing%20the%20Powerhouse%20-%20Ipsos%20MORI%20Opinion%20Poll%20Press%20Release.pdf 'The Green Noose: An analysis of Green Belts and proposals for reform' by the Adam Smith Institute https://www.adamsmith.org/news/press-release-free-up-3-7-percent-of-londons-green-belt-to-build-one-million-new-homes-says-new-report ‘Planned up and be counted ‘ local plan making under NPPF 2012' by Lichfields https://lichfields.uk/content/insights/planned-up-and-be-counted ‘This Blessed Plot – This Other Eden' - A film for the Council for the Preservation of Rural England https://www.britishpathe.com/video/rural-england-aka-this-blessed-plot-this-other ‘The myth of the countryside idyll' by Steve Middlehurst https://stevemiddlehurstidentityandplace.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/a5-research-the-myth-of-the-countryside-idyll/ Keith Joseph's 1964 South East Study http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19/newsid_2570000/2570681.stm A Policy Briefing Paper by the Landscape Institute https://www.landscapeinstitute.org/policy/green-belt-policy/ The London Society's Position Paper https://www.londonsociety.org.uk/post/londons-green-belt ‘The Proud City' – A film outlining plans for the post war reconstruction of London, featuring Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw. https://archive.org/details/ProudCity

Si desean conocer los proyectos inmobiliarios que estamos desarrollando pueden visitar nuestra página web https://www.laukholdings.com/ ¿Cuáles son las políticas para remodelar o construir viviendas nuevas en Inglaterra? El Reino Unido tiene unos paisajes campestres espectaculares. El país no tiene los paisajes alpinos de Suiza, Italia o Francia, pues en gran parte del Reino Unido no hay montañas solo colinas ondulantes. Pero sin embargo en este país hay una gran variedad de bosques, parques naturales y campos verdes alrededor de pueblos pintorescos en lo que se conoce como la campiña inglesa. ¿Con tanta belleza natural, ustedes de podrán preguntar si sería una buena estrategia de inversión comprar un lote o un terreno en frente a un lago o en medio de un bosque para construir una casa o un conjunto de viviendas? O ustedes de pronto piensan comprar una vivienda para arrendar pensando en hacerle una extensión de un piso adicional para aumentar el número de habitaciones, o compran un terreno pensando en construir un edificio de varios pisos para apartamentos, ¿que determina que la remodelación o la construcción pueda llevar a cabo o no? En este episodio ustedes van a conocer de manera general en donde se puede construir en el Reino Unido y cuáles son las principales políticas de planeación urbana que determinan cómo y dónde se pueden desarrollar proyectos de remodelación y construcción. Estas políticas de planeación deben tenerse en cuenta pues saber que se puede construir o que no se puede construir, es lo que finalmente determina la viabilidad cuando se evalúa una inversión inmobiliaria.    Aldeas Jardín Actualmente se estan impulsando la construcción de nuevas ciudades por completo, dentro del concepto de aldeas jardín.   Las aldeas jardín son comunidades independientes que no dependan de ciudades aledañas, es decir que no sean ciudades satélites, y que normalmente tienen 1,500 y 20,000 viviendas. Cinco nuevos esquemas, ha sido recientemente estructurados. Cinco nuevas aldeas jardín, se unirán a las 23 comunidades de jardines existentes que el gobierno ya ha respaldado que en un total generarán 200,000 nuevas viviendas desde ahora hasta al año 2050. Al analizarlo en contexto 200,000 viviendas en 30 años son algo más de 6,000 viviendas cada año, cuando el déficit anual es de más o menos 50,000 viviendas. Por tanto, la demanda de viviendas continuará insatisfecha, el potencial para repensar espacios dentro de las ciudades seguirá estando. El Marco Nacional de Políticas de Planificación No cualquier terreno dentro de una ciudad se puede re-densificar, todo depende de las políticas de planeación nacional y los planes locales de desarrollo que se hayan adoptado. El Marco Nacional de Políticas de Planificación (o el NPPF por sus siglas en inglés) es un documento fundamental para alguien que quiera hacer desarrollos inmobiliarios sin importar la escala en el Reino Unido. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/810197/NPPF_Feb_2019_revised.pdf   Usos del suelo El eje central de las políticas de planeación gira alrededor de los usos del suelo. En el Reino Unido hay una metodología muy clara de cómo se clasifican los suelos. Los diferentes tipos de suelo están clasificados dentro de 5 grupos, A, B, C D y E En siguiente enlace se encuentran los diferentes usos del suelo: https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/9/change_of_use Libro recomendado   How to Get Planning Permission Paperback - Fifth Edition by Roy Speer & Michael Dade https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905959478/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_cPfiDbHH4TYZD

Episode 112 - Moriah Ratner. Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Moriah Ratner. Moriah is a freelance photographer based in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from the photojournalism program in the Newhouse School at Syracuse University in May of 2018. During the summer of 2016, Moriah interned with The Hill, a political newspaper on Capitol Hill, as a press photographer covering hearings, press conferences and breaking news on Capitol Hill and at the White House. Following this experience, she spent a week interning at Annie Leibovitz's studio in New York City, assisting with administrative tasks and researching shoot concepts. Moriah was a staff photographer for Syracuse University's independent newspaper, The Daily Orange, and previously held a position as an assistant photo editor. This past summer, Moriah was the photography/videography intern for the Naples Daily News in Southwest Florida. She recently completed a position as an assistant digital content producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), an NPR affiliated radio station. At OPB, Moriah pitched and produced a short documentary video about a family with a 4-year-old daughter battling terminal brain cancer. Personal projects are often associated with aspects of childhood in how young adolescents cope with trauma. Moriah documented the journey of a 13-year-old girl with a rare and terminal brain cancer for almost two years in hopes of de-stigmatizing the ways in which the public conceptualizes childhood cancer. The story has been published in the Washington Post, National Geographic, and NPR. Moriah is a member of WPOW, NPPA, and the White House News Photographers Association. Moriah is the 2018 recipient of WPOW's Lena Grant, the 2018 recipient of NPPF's Reid Blackburn and Richard Clarkson Scholarships, and the 2017 recipient of the Virginia News Photographers Association George Smith Memorial Scholarship. Moriah won first place in the 2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program for Picture Story/Series and gold in the documentary category of the 73rd College Photographer of the Year contest. Moriah attended the Eddie Adams Workshop XXX and the New York Times 2018 Portfolio Review. Website: http://www.moriahratner.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/moriahratner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moriahratner Note: Guests create their own bio description for each episode. The Curiosity Hour Podcast is hosted and produced by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund. Please visit our website for more information: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com The Curiosity Hour Podcast is listener supported! To donate, click here: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com/donate/ Please visit this page for information where you can listen to our podcast: thecuriosityhourpodcast.com/listen/ Disclaimers: The Curiosity Hour Podcast may contain content not suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion advised. The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are solely those of the guest(s). These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of The Curiosity Hour Podcast. This podcast may contain explicit language.

In this episode, the panel discusses the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) launched by the Government to hit housebuilding targets of 300,000 new homes by 2020. The podcast was hosted by Philip Robson, Planning Barrister at Kings Chambers who was joined by Jacqueline Mulliner, Head of Planning at Terence O'Rourke, Philip Barnes, Group Land and Planning Director at Barratt Developments and Paul G Tucker QC, Head of the Planning and Environment Group at Kings Chambers.

Dr Nicholas Falk, winner of the Wolfson Prize for his work on garden cities talks to CIHT about the failures of successes of urban planning in the UK, what we can learn from other countries and the dire consequences of getting it wrong. The podcast is of interest to anyone involved in transport planning or the recent NPPF consultation.

Dr Nicholas Falk, winner of the Wolfson Prize for his work on garden cities talks to CIHT about the failures of successes of urban planning in the UK, what we can learn from other countries and the dire consequences of getting it wrong. The podcast is of interest to anyone involved in transport planning or the recent NPPF consultation.

Dr Nicholas Falk, winner of the Wolfson Prize for his work on garden cities talks to CIHT about the failures of successes of urban planning in the UK, what we can learn from other countries and the dire consequences of getting it wrong. The podcast is of interest to anyone involved in transport planning or the recent NPPF consultation.

EG invited four experts of the planning world to give a hopefully simplified and certainly on point view of what was in the revised NPPF, and what the industry needs to know. It was joined by Ian Fletcher, director of policy (real estate) at the British Property Federation Philip Barnes, group land & planning director, Barratt Development Jonathan Stoddart, head of London planning, CBRE Iain Painting, partner, Barton Wilmore

Planning. It has dominated the news agenda since the Coalition took over in 2010, thanks to a seemingly endless array of new policies and shelved recommendations. Yet if you're still having trouble telling your NPPF from your localism act, or your community infrastructure levy from your section 106 agreement, PropertyWeek.com is here to assist. LBC […] The post Podcast: A Dummy’s Guide To Coalition Planning Policy appeared first on The Property Week Podcast.