Changes to the plan-making system – local plans and Spatial Development Strategies
Implementing the Act - beyond plan-making
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NSIP procedures - changes on the horizon
Hugh Scanlon, Jennie Baker & Dominic Bowers | 19 Dec 2025
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Shaping spatial development strategies
Edward Clarke, Myles Wild-Smith & Dominic Bowers | 18 Dec 2025
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A surcharge to supercharge statutory consultees?
Jennie Baker & Sean Farrissey | 08 Jan 2026
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Proposed default national application fees
Jennie Baker, Harry Payne & Steven Butterworth | 02 Apr 2026
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Draft planning committee reform legislation published
Seán Farrissey & Jennie Baker | 08 Apr 2026
Changes to primary and secondary legislation that are in force
A pedestrian renaissance for Oxford Street?
Alice Wibberley | 07 Jan 2026
Planning application fees from 1 April 2025
Jennie Baker and Sean Farrissey | 17 January 2025
English enforcement provisions from 2024 – more time – greater penalties
Sean Farrissey | 9 April 2024
Temporary PDRs for schools affected by RAAC
Tamara Ettenfield | 04 Dec 2023
The December 2025 proposed changes to the NPPF affecting several sectors
Can the revised presumption help unlock growth?
Rachel Clements & Matthew Spry | 16 Dec 2025
For absolute clarity, grey belt and footnote 7
Rachel Clements & Steven Butterworth | 18 Dec 2025
Optional Technical Standards
Robert Curtis-Haigh & Alastair Willis | 18 Dec 2025
How planning reform is shaping spatial development strategies
Edward Clarke, Myles Wild-Smith & Dominic Bowers | 18 Dec 2025
Dedicated analysis to the proposed changes to national planning policies for housing
Dedicated analysis of how the proposed changes to national policy will affect different development sectors
Proposed NPPF Heritage Policies-A Positive Turn?
Dominic Holding | 30 Jan 2026
Rethinking the Role of Local Plans for Energy Infrastructure
Anthony Greally & Katie Brown | 30 Jan 2026
Reflections on the draft NPPF and tourism
Helen Ashby-Ridgway | 30 Jan 2026
A Framework for healthcare delivery?
Anna Rigelsford | 04 Feb 2026
More of the same for town centres?
James Cox | 06 Feb 2026
Consultation on the Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance
Charlotte Walker | 16 Feb 2026
Statutory consultee reform– the role of National Highways
Richard Coburn | 10 Dec 2025
Why the RESP Methodology Consultation Matters for Energy Investment
Ian York | 09 Dec 2025
Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023: A Heritage Perspective
Amy Booth | 12 Dec 2023
Our thought pieces on biodiversity net gain
Guide to the BNG Trading Rules
Biodiversity Net Gain Timeline
Does my development need to meet BNG requirements?
UPDATED: 02/04/2024
Biodiversity Gain Hierarchy
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BNG Submission Requirements
The Government’s BNG consultations explained
Anna Maw | 16 Jun 2025
The conflict between brownfield regeneration and preservation of Open Mosaic Habitat
Dominic Crowley & Michael Hepburn | 06 Jun 2024
How grey is the Green Belt?
Judith Livesey, Jennie Baker & James Fennell | 05 Mar 2025
Navigating the steps to ‘not inappropriate’ grey belt development
Jennie Baker, Edward Clarke & Steven Butterworth | 24 Jan 2025
Grey Belt Development Assessment
Grey Belt and Renewable Energy
Phil McCarthy | 24 Jan 2025
