News about the planning system in the UK, including permitted development rights, the National Planning Policy Framework, the London Plan and the ‘country house’ clause
Optoppen – the practice of adding storeys to existing buildings – not only avoids creating more car-reliant communities but favours lightweight timber construction, which also captures carbon, writes Joe Giddings
Mae founding director Alex Ely puts forward a bold and progressive vision for the future of urban development in the UK – a new type of place based on connection to nature and sustainable growth
Stiff + Trevillion’s reworked proposals for a 43-storey skyscraper on the doorstep of a synagogue in the City of London have been put on hold by deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
Good planning is a public benefit – an effective planning system will support, encourage and enable quality architecture and development, says Emily Booth
The AJ asks three Public Practice architects-turned-planners about life in the public sector, major misconceptions about their roles, and what’s in the pipeline for our ‘broken’ planning system
Plagued by backlogs, delays and uncertainty, what can be done to mend the UK’s planning system? Anna Highfield asked industry experts how they would tackle the situation
The last government’s Office for Place achieved a lot of good, but whilst beauty matters, placemaking demands more, argues Kunle Barker
The Office for Place, the government body set up in 2021 to champion good design and placemaking, is to be scrapped, housing minister Matthew Pennycook has announced
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has called in a planned 8,400-home ‘garden village’ near Sittingbourne, Kent, which was set to be rejected by the local council
The government has announced £47 million in funding to ‘unlock up to 28,000 homes’ stalled by nutrient neutrality rules
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