Is this fair or is it just a seasoned blogger’s cynical attempt at generating interest in an otherwise fairly dry attempt at summarising the most recent round of planning reform announcements? Who is to say, but this is my attempt at a summary of the build out, site threshold, planning committee and BNG proposals, synthesised with what I humbly contend the key elements of them to be. Just to recap… 25 May (bash the big builders) ‘Get on and Build' Deputy Prime Minister urges housebuilders Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out - GOV.UK Technical consultation on implementing measures to improve Build Out transparency - GOV.UK 28 May (support the small ones) Government backs SME builders to get Britain building - GOV.UK Planning Reform Working Paper: Reforming Site Thresholds - GOV.UK Reform of planning committees: technical consultation - GOV.UK Improving the implementation of biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield develop...
Hello. My name is Sam, I am a Town Planner and I sometimes write about town planning-related things (in my own time and as an expression of my own opinions). I have a town planning-related podcast, there is a link to that on this page somewhere, and I circulate a newsletter from time to time. There is a link to that somewhere as well. Should you be so inclined, I am on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford).