Welcome to Lichfields’ web resource
This resource is in the process of being updated to reflect the Technical Consultation on the Infrastructure Levy and the consultation on Environmental Outcomes Reports: a new approach to environmental assessment, which both run until 9 June 2023
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Buffer the land supply slayer
Harry Bennett | 13 Jan 2023
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Density and the implications for suburbia
Simon Slatford | 11 Jan 2023
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Fire Safety Consultation: Practical Implications
Jonathan Hoban | 10 Jan 2023
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‘So Far As Possible’ – will the Housing Delivery Test lose its teeth?
Edward Clarke | 06 Jan 2023
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Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill progress
Paddy Hynes | 20 Dec 2022
The Government has proposed to change the nature of local plans, while also seeking to simplify the process of producing them. Development plans are expected to be given greater weight in the decision-making process, while generic national development management policies would form part of the development plan. This section looks at the future of plan-making – from the strategic to the neighbourhood level.
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Five year land supply: Not dead after all
Harry Bennett | 24 May 2022
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Ten years of the NPPF
Rachel Clements | 04 May 2022
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Spatial Awareness
The role of Spatial Development Strategies
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The economic impact of Local Plan delay
Rachel Clements, Harry Bennett & Isla Bowman | 26 Apr 2022
The Bill proposes to reform of developer contributions through the introduction of the infrastructure levy. This would be a non-negotiable levy based on final development value and would include affordable housing contributions. Eventually all local planning authorities in England would have to charge it. This section provides an overview of what is known about the infrastructure levy and will be updated as more details emerge.
The proposed changes to legislation would lead to significant change to several aspects of the development management process, including heritage. These include a new route to vary planning permissions, increasing the weight given to development plans, monitoring build out rates and raising planning fees. The enforcement regime proposed would be more flexible for authorities, with longer time frames for enforcement action and greater opportunity to offer enforcement relief.
The bill proposes a number of measures addressing town centres and regeneration ranging from reforms to compulsory purchase orders to high street rental auctions. The Government intend that combined with wider non-legislative policy changes and funding, in sum these changes ‘raise people’s satisfaction with their town centre’ - one of the 12 levelling up missions.
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Permanent fast-tracked pavement licensing
James Fryatt | 16 Jun 2022
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Implications for high streets / town centres
Alison Bembenek | 24 May 2022
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Regeneration - enabling a quiet evolution?
Ed Clarke | 16 May 2022
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Great Estates
Planning for Estate Regeneration in London
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The rise of experiential leisure in town centres
Nirali Vekaria | 13 Apr 2022
Beyond the legal changes proposed in the Bill, much of the Government’s levelling up agenda will be shaped by the policies and strategies set out in the White Paper, and the associated funding arrangements. The Government have been clear that in order to succeed in it’s 12 missions for levelling up, devolution will also need to be a significant part of the agenda. This section provides an overview of the levelling up agenda ‘beyond the bill’ and will be updated as more details emerge.
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Moving on up?
Levelling-up town centres across Northern England
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Levelling Up Fund Round 2: Updated Area Prioritisations
Selina Pazos | 28 Mar 2022
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Planning Reform and the new Standard Method
The Government's new approach to local housing need.
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Planning for the Future White Paper
Guidance on planning reform