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
.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
Town or Gown?” - the question about the future of Oxford goes on! - Oxford Tiimes latest
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24474024.councillors-fear-university-dominating-map-oxford/
Oxfordshire council leader doubtful about merged councils concept - BBC News -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crge0n23378o