This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: key planning announcements from the Spring Budget; a consultation on changes to accelerate the planning system; the revised National Networks NPS; a challenge to a DCO for a Stonehenge road scheme; Approved Inspector regulations made in Wales; the government’s response to a consultation on hedgerow protection; the Chief Planner’s planning update newsletter for February 2024; and the publication of tools and resources for calculating nutrient budgets in nutrient neutrality catchments.

This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal judgment dealing with alternative sites, the commencement of the requirements for biodiversity gain statements for nationally significant infrastructure projects, and updated guidance on the local plan process.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a call for evidence for opportunities for the development of new towns, analysis of a decision on whether a local planning authority (LPA) was entitled to decline to determine repeated applications, a refusal of judicial review of a basement extension permission, and reactions from the property industry to last week's budget.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: an MHCLG letter to the Planning Inspectorate advising more limited use of pragmatism in examining local plans; the Chief Planner’s August planning update newsletter; MHCLG letters to local authorities, metro mayors and stakeholders about the government's plan to build homes; and updated guidance on non-determination applications for higher-risk buildings procedures.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: court decisions on considering amended schemes at planning appeals and overlapping planning permissions; an update to planning practice guidance on housing supply and delivery; Defra’s list of designated responsible bodies for conservation covenant agreements; regulations relating to Registered Building Control Approvers; the Chief Planner’s planning update newsletter for January 2024 and a new and expanded call-in Direction.

This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: the coming into force of nuclear energy NPS EN-7; a court decision on NRW ending maintenance of a flood embankment and the Building etc (Amendment) (No 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a court decision determining neighbouring solar farms did not create a single ‘NSIP’ development; updates on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, including the impact assessment and OEP and RIBA submissions on the Bill and guidance on non-urgent Crown Development applications.

This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: permitted development changes to facilitate electric vehicle charging and extend temporary building rights for RAAC-affected schools, Natural England’s planning advice reforms and the High Court’s decision in Lund on the relevance of landowner objections to the delivery of necessary highway works. It also covers RE:UK’s recommendations on stronger mayoral planning powers, Amber Valley Borough Council’s proposed challenge to local government reorganisation, the Welsh Government’s Town Centre Taskforce and revised standards, rules and codes for the building control profession in Wales.

This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a court decision upholding an inspector’s finding that serviced apartments are sui generis use forming a single planning unit; Welsh CPO guidance on playing fields protection planning policy; a Welsh 2026 Direction on notification of coal and petroleum development; and the coming into effect of the updated appeal procedure system for planning applications.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of key planning developments and case law in 2024 and what to expect in 2025; consultations on further compulsory purchase reforms; MHCLG letters on revised NPPF reforms to housing industry stakeholders, local authority leaders and chief executives and mayors; a CIEEM report on BNG for small sites; and Defra’s plans to repeal the 2031 deadline for recording historic rights of way.

This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of cases on the powers of entry in HPA 2016, guidance in a supplementary planning document and a negative screening for an afforestation project, publication of the Ports National Policy Statement, and updated guidance and secondary legislation relating to the amendments to the development consent process introduced by PIA 2025.

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of a Court of Appeal decision on the lawfulness of a decision to deregister a village green, new guidance on the consenting process for nationally significant infrastructure projects, and a consultation on a new national policy statement for fusion energy.