England planning news

The party conferences have provided a clear understanding of how the Conservatives propose to, and the other main parties would provide more homes: we provide a summary in this month’s news.

We also review recent Department of Communities and Local Government ministers’ announcements relating to housing design, the Housing White Paper, and a social housing Green Paper.

In other news, the temporary permitted development right for change of use from light industrial to residential is now in force, as are various compulsory purchase-related provisions of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.

A recent High Court judgment is also reported.

Read more on this and other new law and policy initiatives in Lichfields’ latest England Planning News.

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