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Spotlight on Planning 2026
"Our annual Planning Paper explores how recent changes to the National Planning Policy Framework are already driving increased planning activity across the country."
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Local Plan Pathways
"In December 2024, the Government announced the roll-out of a new plan-making system, enabled by the 2026 Regulations and to be guided by the draft NPPF, anticipated later in 2026. "
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Strategic Planning
"A further significant step in the Government’s planning reform journey will come in the form of a return of strategic planning. "
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Planning Data Update
"New home delivery in England continues to fall well below the Government’s ambitions."
Where next for Local Plans?
"Updating Local Plans to meet new rules may prove a drawn-out process, with further complications to come from the move to a strategic planning system"
Spotlight on Planning 2025
"England's planning system is undergoing its most significant transformation in years"
Planning Data Update
"As the new NPPF comes into force, many LPAs have seen major swings in land supply positions, bringing the presumption in favour of sustainable development into play across much of England"
Unlocking the Potential of Large Sites
"To successfully deliver large sites, we need to plan them in the right places, guarantee S106 affordable housing demand, and ensure they have long-term patient funding"
Key Worker Housing
"Housing affordability is a major threat to the recruitment and retention of key workers"
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Spotlight on Planning 2024
"How well is the planning system in England positioned to deliver strategic growth objectives? With a general election imminent, what could an incoming government easily change to improve the way the system operates without the need for extensive and disruptive reform?"
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