A Plan Emerges: Priorities for Planning in Town Centres

James Singer

31 Oct 2024

Reform and strengthen: will the new NPPF’s presumption match Government goals for growth?

Matthew Spry & Rachel Clements

11 Oct 2024

The 76th Housing Design Awards 2024

Charlotte Walker

19 Sept 2024

Culture as a catalyst: The vital role of arts culture and heritage in placemaking

Richard Coburn & Alex Davies

12 Sept 2024

NPF4 and the impact on major planning application decisions

Anna Barclay

27 Aug 2024

Digging deeper: how understanding archaeological potential can save time and money

Madeleine Rigby

10 Jul 2024

We need to talk about repurposing…

Daniel Gregg

12 Jun 2024

43 days to (pledge to) solve the housing crisis

Simon Coop

23 May 2024

New English enforcement provisions – more time – greater penalties  

Sean Farrissey

09 Apr 2024

When is a house not a (holiday) home? Opportunities for purpose-built/provided holiday accommodation

Stephanie Irvine & Helen Ashby-Ridgway

29 Feb 2024

Testing times for England’s big cities – an extended reach for the presumption and other NPPF changes

Ross Raftery

13 Feb 2024

The new NPPF: Energy Efficiency and tackling the Climate Crisis

Neil Purvis

11 Jan 2024

Backlogs and Bullets: Building Capacity in Local Planning Authorities

James Fennell

09 Jan 2024

Brownfield Housing: The Post-Industrial Revolution?

James Robertson

08 Jan 2024

A Test of Character: Suburban stasis or the case for development

Simon Slatford

03 Jan 2024

Not just housing: the December 2023 NPPF revisions

Jennie Baker

20 Dec 2023

Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023: A Heritage Perspective

Amy Booth

12 Dec 2023

Levelling-up funding: what impact is it having on our high streets?

Alice Green

13 Nov 2023

Levelling-up and Regeneration Act gains Royal Assent

Think Tank

26 Oct 2023

Sustainable tourism in Scotland: planning for the new LDPs

Jade Scott-Meikle & Rachel Affleck

13 Oct 2023

Council-led house building in London – a new ‘golden era’?

Isabella Tidswell

09 Oct 2023

Permitted development: further flex for urban and rural sites

Sean Farrissey, Amy Lomath & Jennie Baker

26 Jul 2023

The Power of LURB: the future of plan making

Edward Clarke

26 Jul 2023

Yes, we have old coconuts – new pathways into heritage

George Fennell

02 Jun 2023

Unveiling Wales' Biodiversity Policy: Decoding the Changes Ahead

Helen Ashby-Ridgway

12 May 2023

Failing to Plan or Planning to Fail? The State of Local Plan-Making

Simon Coop & Isabella Tidswell

20 Apr 2023

Under Review: Considering the Government’s Consultation on Environmental Outcomes Reports

Gayle Black & Nicki Mableson

23 Mar 2023

From Mags to Riches: The impact of footballing takeovers on urban development

Alex Kennedy & Isaac Vango

08 Feb 2023

Viva t’devolution! The North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Ryan Barrett

02 Feb 2023

Sky's The Limit: Go Tall to Meet Housing Needs

Alan Hughes

18 Jan 2023

Reforms to Five-Year Housing Land Supply: A Recipe for Fewer Homes?

Harry Bennett

08 Dec 2022

Growth Plan 2022: new government heralds new agenda to promote growth, and new planning reform proposals

Jennie Baker & Sean Farrissey

23 Sept 2022

Planning for future sustainable healthcare

Jonathan Standen

10 Aug 2022

The future of development management: plan-led and flexible - use it or lose it

Sean Farrissey

25 May 2022

Plan-making for the future - a shorter, simpler process?

Think Tank

16 May 2022

A test of character: London’s new design guidance

Adam Donovan

15 Mar 2022

Levelling up and changes to the planning system

Jennie Baker

14 Feb 2022

Historic Opportunities: How heritage-led regeneration can drive town centre change

James Fryatt

07 Dec 2021

What can we learn from the past about flood resilience?

Franki Webb

17 Nov 2021

Levelling Up Fund first round: reaching left behind places?

Lucie Bailey & Selina Pazos

29 Oct 2021

Energising the North’s Town Centres

Emily Thomson

14 Oct 2021

Welcome news for Yorkshire and the Humber as further Towns Deals and the High Streets Strategy are unveiled…

Lucy Sime

14 Sept 2021

What is 'Substantial Harm' to a designated heritage asset?

Dominic Holding

02 Aug 2021

Change coming to your High Street (and beyond) – more new PD rights for 2021

Sean Farrissey

02 Aug 2021

Summer appetiser: Revised NPPF published with a few changes from those consulted on

Tom Davies & Jennie Baker

22 Jul 2021

Moving on up? Levelling-up town centres across Northern England

Robert Dibden

13 Jul 2021

The Future of EIA in a Zonal Planning System

Cardiff office

23 Jun 2021

Project speed gathers pace – more permitted development rights for education, hospitals, prisons and ports

Tom Davies

06 Apr 2021

New Class MA - Mercantile to Abode: a slightly reined in Class E commercial to residential PDR from August 2021

Jennie Baker

01 Apr 2021

Budget 2021: Rishi’s moment of challenge and change

Ciaran Gunne-Jones

05 Mar 2021

Design-led - but a variety of NPPF changes are proposed

Tom Davies

02 Feb 2021

Bedspace: a framework used to assess the need for Purpose Built Student Accommodation

Jennifer Woods

14 Jan 2021

New homes: extending into the sky!

Hannah Whitney

18 Aug 2020

Setting a higher standard – a new method for assessing housing needs

Bethan Haynes

07 Aug 2020

Substituting Stadia and Facilities

Matt Pochin-Hawkes

30 Jul 2020

Tubthumping: knock down and rebuild permitted development rights

Jennie Baker

22 Jul 2020

Right to rise: extending purpose-built residential blocks upwards

Jennie Baker

25 Jun 2020

The High Street isn’t dead, long live the High Street #3

Steven Butterworth

23 Jun 2020

New settlements in local plans: Not everything in the garden is rosy

Matthew Spry

26 May 2020

Consultation on Historic England’s updated tall buildings advice

Amy Booth

24 Apr 2020

Power to the (West Yorkshire) People!

Tabitha Howson & Adam Jackson

03 Apr 2020

Planning for the future: in it for the long run

Jennie Baker, Simon Coop, Matthew Spry, Tom Davies & Mark Archdale

30 Mar 2020

Bishop Auckland - a cultural revolution?

Jonathan Wallace & Daniel Gregg

15 Jan 2020

High Streets / Town Centres Funding Shortlists: Seizing the opportunity

Alison Bembenek

16 Dec 2019

50 years of utopia

James Burman

03 Oct 2019

Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 - National Planning Framework

Nicola Woodward

30 Aug 2019

Change in the historic environment – implications of the amended PPG

Isobel Jackson

26 Jul 2019

How can placemakers help to reduce loneliness?

Helen Ashby-Ridgway

21 Jun 2019

Technology in the public realm: ‘Street smart’ just got a whole new meaning

Nancy Stuart & Georgia Crowley

04 Jun 2019

Town Centres: A Time for Change

Jonathan Wallace

31 May 2019

Sir Owen Williams: Pioneering British architect and engineer

Lauren Ayers

30 May 2019

Draft London Plan Examination in Public: blog series

Various authors

23 May 2019

Draft London Plan EiP: Protecting town centres… no surprises here

Georgia Crowley

21 May 2019

Preparing Statements of Heritage Significance

Lauren Ayers

08 May 2019

The London Cultural Infrastructure Plan: A call for planners

Summer Haly

16 Apr 2019

Draft London Plan EiP: A change is gonna come

Jennie Baker

04 Apr 2019

Draft London Plan EiP: Design – fit for purpose?

Tom Davies

26 Mar 2019

Managing change to Georgian and Victorian terraced housing: Historic England consultation on draft guidance

Lauren Ayers & Georgia Foy

22 Mar 2019

Draft London Plan EiP: Heritage and culture are now dusted

Jennie Baker

11 Mar 2019

Curtilage Listing: Where to draw the line?

Georgia Foy & Nick Bishop

06 Mar 2019

Battlefield Registration – what is it trying to protect?

Nick Bridgland

14 Dec 2018

What is a listed building? A beginner’s guide

Amy Booth

11 Dec 2018

DCMS Principles of Selection for Listed Buildings 2018

Nick Bridgland & Lauren Ayers

07 Dec 2018

The case for the high street – part one

Daniel Gregg

21 Nov 2018

Leeds General Infirmary - a suitable case for treatment?

Madeleine Rigby

13 Nov 2018

Catesby Estates Ltd vs Steer

George Fennell

02 Nov 2018

Planning for the future of war memorials in the UK

Amy Booth

15 Oct 2018

Reading the symbols - Identifying significance in Post-Modern architecture

Madeleine Rigby

07 Aug 2018

Revised NPPF: a new beginning at the end of a long and winding road?

Jennie Baker

25 Jul 2018

Released for regeneration: what lies ahead for Reading Prison?

Nick Bridgland

13 Jul 2018

Lichfields ready for #GetNorth2018

Robert Dibden

21 Jun 2018

Empty shop units: headache and / or opportunity?

Alison Bembenek

13 Jun 2018

New procedures for pre-commencement conditions come into effect from October 2018

Tom Davies

21 May 2018

The local impact of new housing in the North East

Will Christiansen

17 May 2018

NPPF Consultation - A North East Perspective

Jennifer Heron

02 May 2018

Mixed-use town centre regeneration proposals – 5 key actions to help lead to positive outcomes for all

Simon Pemberton

18 Apr 2018

Draft NPPF: more emphasis on healthy and safe communities

Helen Ashby-Ridgway

28 Mar 2018

Heritage in the North East: can it be the solution rather than a problem?

Isobel Jackson

27 Mar 2018

Draft NPPF: business as usual?

Ciaran Gunne-Jones

16 Mar 2018

Draft NPPF: implications for aviation?

Tabitha Knowles

13 Mar 2018

Draft NPPF: heritage policy is conserved…

Heather Marshall

12 Mar 2018

NPPF consultations – what could they mean for designers?

Nicholas Thompson

09 Mar 2018

NPPF consultation proposals – what could they mean for town centres?

Peter Wilks

06 Mar 2018

Draft revised National Planning Policy Framework: a change in narrative

Jennie Baker

05 Mar 2018

National Planning Policy Framework review: what to expect?

Tom Davies

26 Feb 2018

The draft London Plan: conserving heritage policy

Heritage Team

08 Feb 2018

Where the cold wind blows. Meeting the need for natural building materials

Jonathan Standen

09 Jan 2018

Lessons in Smart Cities from Israel

Grant Swan

06 Dec 2017

Historic England updates – ‘Conservation Principles’ out for consultation

Grant Swan

24 Nov 2017

Heritage impact statements in Wales

Grant Swan

01 Sept 2017

In with the old, in with the new – re-using and redeveloping Reading Prison

Daniel Lampard

27 Apr 2017

Brownfield land registers and ‘permission in principle': Lichfields’ essential guide

Jennie Baker

27 Mar 2017

“Creating great places for future generations”…an inspiring Lichfields’ objective printed on my coffee cup.

Rebecca Hilton

15 Mar 2017

The Deptford Project – place-making in Deptford

Cardiff office

06 Mar 2017

The Lichfields Perspective

James Fennell

14 Feb 2017

Pros and no cons: unlocking new homes at Kingston Prison

Tom Willshaw

07 Oct 2016

Investing in tourism

Rachel Davies

05 Oct 2016

Court of Appeal Judgement provides clarity on the NPPF “relevant policies for the supply of housing”.

Jennifer Heron

18 Mar 2016

Moving forward or just bringing forward: development management changes in Wales

Cem Kosaner

23 Feb 2016

Climate Change and Cultural Heritage

Grant Swan

29 Jan 2016

Brownfield First – common sense or a political minefield?

Rachel Clements

12 Jun 2015

Made in Kensington and Chelsea: Not Anymore! – Basement Policy to Sink the Borough’s Iceberg Homes

04 Dec 2014

Wings Clipped – Court of Appeal decision at Redhill Aerodrome clarifies ‘any other harm’ in the context of development in the Green Belt.

Owain Nedin

30 Oct 2014