With the mounting controversy in the coming months in respect of many planning matters, not least changes to the NPPF, we list below the following links to check out:
Housing, Planning and the NPPF
******ONPA Chair Martin Lipson wrote to Angela Rayner and we received this reply from MHCLG, which gives us a level of reassurance in respect of how Neighbourhood Planning is viewed at Government level
Roadmap to 1.5 million new homes - Housing Forum Report
How many houses per year for Oxfordshire ? Oxford Mail article
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24496018.targets-aim-1-500-extra-homes-year-oxfordshire/?ref=suit
Housebuilding targets may force councils in England to build on ‘grey belt’ and a potential disaster - Guardian and BBC
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/30/housebuilding-targets-could-force-councils-in-england-to-build-on-grey-belt & https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cervr2p4mwdo
Will increased housing targets involve substantal “new towns” for the South - see the projection map from Sunday Times article on August 24th
Another NPPF is landing - what does it mean? - Cratus Group
The NPPF is out - quick summary from Landmark Chambers
https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/news-and-cases/the-new-national-planning-policy-framework-is-out
How did the Vale of White Horse respond to the consultation request? And the SLCC response
Take a detailed look at What VoWH said and the submission from the SLCC
What did Angela Rayner state and infer from the written statement she presented on July 30th?
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-07-30/hcws48
and the MHLCG letter sent to Local Authority Chief Executives setting out requirements
The Government Plan to build more homes
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/our-plan-to-build-more-homes
More substance than style ? opinion - TLabour’s ambitious plans for housebuilding can only happen if small-scale developers are seen as part of the solution,The Planner
https://www.theplanner.co.uk/2024/08/01/more-substance-style-new-nppfs-design-outlook
The Planning Portal from August lst covering many current news topics
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/weekly-planning-news/planning-news-1-august-2024
David Cameron failed to foist new houses on rural areas. Why does Keir Starmer think he’ll succeed? Guardian
How best can Labour deliver its planning ambitions?- The Planner
https://www.theplanner.co.uk/2024/07/31/how-best-can-labour-deliver-its-planning-ambitions
Labour’s ambitious plans for housebuilding can only happen if small-scale developers are seen as part of the solution,
https://www.theplanner.co.uk/2024/09/06/will-labours-housing-solution-work?utm_term=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestraps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/18/
European Court of Human Rights may end up getting in the way of reforms - Guido Fawkes
https://order-order.com/2024/07/24/echr-could-block-labours-housing-plans/
The Kings Speech included specific aspects of Planning reforms including a new Planning and Infrastructure Bill, speeding up and streamlining growth, modernising planning committees, unlocking sites with fair compensation, overcoming nutrient neutrality and introducing the concept of national policy statements
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kings-speech-2024-background-briefing-notes
European Court of Human Rights may end up getting in the way of reforms - Guido Fawkes
https://order-order.com/2024/07/24/echr-could-block-labours-housing-plans/
The Kings Speech included specific aspects of Planning reforms including a new Planning and Infrastructure Bill, speeding up and streamlining growth, modernising planning committees, unlocking sites with fair compensation, overcoming nutrient neutrality and introducing the concept of national policy statements
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kings-speech-2024-background-briefing-notes
West Oxfordshire District Council are losing more appeals - BBC News
Four approved solar farms approved for East Anglia, across four Districts face a judicial review - The Planner
What exactly is the Government going to do with redundant military sites? - Apple News
https://apple.news/AP54Vt750ShiU49hh8sR6_Q
Infrastructure - Roads, sewage, water and environmental
Thames Water and the Reservoir =- VofWH latest reponse - recent water shortages make very likely to happen
.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/18/
Oxfordshire Matters including Devolution and local Government Restructuring
Oxfordshire County Council are seemingly keen but not Oxford City council - see our home page for links
Read what the Vale of White Horse DC say and the letter sent by the VoWH leader to the OCC leader and the very latest proposal of South & Vale joining with West Berkshire to create a new authority “Ridgeway”
and the letter sent by Oxfordshire County Council to Government in favour of reorganisation
The Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils (OALC) are running their “Talking Tables day on July 18th and you can read what they have to say in respect of the unitary position for Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire council leader doubtful about merged councils concept - BBC News -
Town or Gown?” - the question about the future of Oxford goes on! - Oxford Times latest
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24474024.councillors-fear-university-dominating-map-oxford/