This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 17 August 2026, publication of the 2024 and 2025 Housing Delivery Test results, further updated advice pages for nationally significant infrastructure projects to reflect PIA 2025 changes, and publication of the government’s response to its consultation on statutory consultees in the planning process.

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.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of court decisions dealing with the geographical extent of planning control and the application of an exception to the prohibition against felling of trees protected by a tree preservation order, and updated guidance on appeals to the Court of Appeal.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on development and nature recovery; a letter to local authorities on the Bill; analysis of the government’s response to the proposed plan-making reforms; new fees regulations; and information on annual indexation of planning fees.

This weeks edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a consultation on reform to the planning statutory consultee system; a High Court case on the operation of the CIL self-build exemption; revised energy National Policy Statements; guidance on fees for significant infrastructure project applications in Wales; and a policy to fast-track housebuiling near train stations.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision on the interaction between planning considerations and tree felling; the announcement of new environmental planning reforms; a High Court decision granting an interim injunction in an asylum accommodation dispute; and PINS' user research initiative aimed at enhancing its digital services.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: the court’s consideration of the discharge of pre-commencement conditions; further commencement regulations under the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023; a PINS update on national infrastructure strategy reform; development consent for the Yorkshire Green project and DLUHC’s letter of intervention into the London Plan.

This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a policy paper on reforming judicial review for NSIPs; Planning Court judgments on statutory review procedure and policy interpretation; major offshore wind DCO approvals, new measures affecting NSIP cost recovery, offshore wind habitats compensation and building safety reform in Wales; MHCLG funding for local plan implementation, and enforcement decisions concerning injunctions against unauthorised development.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a written ministerial statement on housing, Welsh consultations on changes to planning services in Wales, including increased planning fees, and new regulations for the control of works to trees, new PINS guidance on statements of common ground for appeals, and publication of the November 2024 planning update newsletter.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024, which brings the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 into force in September and November 2024 and a Court of Appeal decision finding that a houseboat could be granted security of tenure by a certificate of lawful use.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: amendments to permitted development rights for the change of commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses; a consultation on further changes to PD rights; proposed new planning rules for short-term lets; development consent granted for Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power Facility and the government’s response to an onshore wind consultation.

This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a consultation on Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance; the first building safety newsletter; further analysis of the revised draft NPPF; a government response on reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime; and changes to the publication of planning appeal documents in Wales.