As one MP pointed out to me this morning, what does this mean for the recently renamed Department for Levelling Up?

The stores I know of tend of have some of the largest floorplates in the high streets they are on, which are in small to medium towns. A bit gaping hole in town centres otherwise doing OK, as well as those already struggling: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Many congratulations to my Lichfields UK colleague Sarah Watts on her well deserved promotion to Associate Director in our Thames Valley Office lnkd.in/eRZYcTT6

Delighted to be appointed as Minister in @luhc. Looking forward to a new challenge, tackling one of the defining issues the government faces. I start now!

And yet his government voted down the amendment to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill that Labour tabled in committee calling for a review of the expansion of permitted development rights since 2013…

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) becomes mandatory in November 2023 to help stop the decline of biodiversity in England 🌱 Thanks to all those who fed into our BNG regulation and implementation consultation. We have published our response today. Read more: gov.uk/government/new…

An overview and some observations from Sean Farrissey on the DLUHC consultation launched yesterday "Stronger performance of local planning authorities supported through an increase in planning fees" lichfields.uk/blog/2023/marc…

The development management proposals among the big ticket announcements of the 'Long-Term Plan for Housing' including: new PDRs, funding for ‘upskilling and clearing the backlog’ and a ‘more permissive approach’ to small pockets of brownfield land. lichfields.uk/blog/2023/july…

Presumably at some point someone will notice that Labour's housing targets are the same as ours -300,000 per year Labour's brownfield plans: exactly what we are already doing Labour's actions: blocking homes stuck by nutrient neutrality rules thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-s…

Amends to the planning fee regs come into force on 6 December. This Lichfields ThinkTank Insight Focus looks at the new fees, the policy context, and the beginning of the end of the 'free go'. lichfields.uk/content/insigh… Lichfields

1/ In my last full week as planning minister, I delivered on some key priorities to speed up housebuilding across the country and boost supply side reforms to strengthen the economy. Starting with signing into law the planning fees increase ensuring more resource for local

Every single word. 👏👏 Competitions and Markets Authority 👇👇

Delighted to be involved in this insightful event again

Links to collections of Lichfields Lichfields ThinkTank blogs analysing new and amended national planning policies - it is not just about planning for housing and some new planning performance measures were announced too lichfields.uk/blog/categorie… lichfields.uk/blog/categorie…

Now the Local Government Finance Settlement has been published, I'm going to write a mega-thread on the status of individual local authorities. 1. Havering Council is "on the brink" of a Section 114. It now receives less than £2 million, down from £70 million in 2010-11.

From Monday, most major planning applications will need to be submitted with biodiversity net gain related documents. Details of what's new here: linkedin.com/posts/nathanie…