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Conference debates NPPF and sustainability

By , Tuesday, 8 November 2011, Be the first to comment

Public and private sector planners gathered in London last week to discuss potential impact of the national planning framework (NPPF) on sustainability.

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Everyone loves a planner

By , Thursday, 22 September 2011, 9 Comments

Amidst the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) doom and gloom I bring you good news – everyone loves planners. The British Property Federation (BPF) hosted an event this morning on the NPPF which featured speakers including planning minister Greg Clark, National Trust chief Dame Fiona Reynolds, the Campaign to Protect Rural England’s Shaun Spiers and the BPF’s own Liz Peace. It was a veritable who’s who of the NPPF debate. If an asteroid had struck the building, the Daily Telegraph’s ‘Hand’s off Our Land’ campaign would have been sunk. It simply doesn’t bear thinking about.

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Presumption to apply in ministers’ backyards?

By , Monday, 12 September 2011, 8 Comments

Pickles: no adopted local plan in place in constituency

There has been a lot of fuss in this weekend’s papers about how the senior ministers behind the coalition’s controversial planning reforms have previously attempted to block developments in their own areas. Readers that worked in planning at the time of the former Tory government may be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. In the late 1980s, former environment secretary Nicholas Ridley, credited with popularising the term “nimby” – and who wanted to build new towns in southern England to tackle housing shortages – objected to a housing development near the rectory he owned in the Cotswolds. Read more »

NPPF row: public opinions

By , Friday, 9 September 2011, 10 Comments

With planning so much in the media spotlight at the moment, it’s interesting to see what the effect of all this has been on public opinion…

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Who you gonna call? Myth-busters!

By , Thursday, 8 September 2011, 13 Comments

Mr Stay Puft Marshmallow man: busted by Ghostbusters, not myth-busters

If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood (planning vanguards)/
Who you gonna call? Myth-busters!
If you’ve launched reforms and it don’t look good/
Who you gonna call? Myth-busters!

I have more lyrics along these lines, but for the sake of my reputation, will stop here… Read more »

Planning: the fight back begins

By , Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 15 Comments

The RTPI has launched its long-awaited move to ‘dispel planning myths’ and has called on members to take part in the campaign…

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Defining sustainable development

By , Tuesday, 6 September 2011, Be the first to comment

I went along to see the former Sustainable Development Commission chairman Jonathon Porritt speak at a Town and County Planning Association (TCPA) event last night…

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The end of a long hot summer

By , Thursday, 1 September 2011, 6 Comments

Autumn is here and whereas it was a pretty chilly summer weather-wise, the heat has been rising in the increasingly polarised debate over the government’s draft national planning policy framework (NPPF)…

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Poll: National Planning Policy Framework

By , Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 30 Comments

*POLL IS NOW CLOSED* Vote in our poll on whether you think the draft NPPF strikes the right balance between economic growth and environmental and societal needs.

Live Blog: National Planning Policy Framework

By , Monday, 25 July 2011, 29 Comments

The new draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published this morning, Planning has been following events and reaction throughout the day…

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