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Planning weekly highlights—20 February 2025

Published on: 20 February 2025
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This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a case in which the Court of Appeal concluded that there was ‘no legal distinction’ between online planning practice guidance and the National Planning Policy Framework (Mead Realisations v SSHCLG); an announcement from the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, regarding the next generation of new towns; a written submission to the Supreme Court published by the Office for Environmental Protection in relation to the Habitats Regulations; confirmation, and draft legislation in respect, of two new routes for Crown bodies to apply for planning permission; and new guidance published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding funding that supports local authorities at the regulation 18 stage of the local plan making process.

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