Last month the Government unveiled its housing and planning Bill, which seeks to provide fast-track permissions on ‘brownfield’ land. The Bill seeks to introduce a new ‘in principle’ regime to sites that are listed on registers of suitable ‘brownfield’ land, with local planning authorities having to draw up registers of such land within their area.Read more
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The British Property Federation’s annual survey on planning indicates that most applicants are dissatisfied with the length of time a planning application takes. Indeed, the figures indicate that 75% of applicants were dissatisfied with the length of time a planning application takes against 7% who are happy. Planning, rather than access to finance, is nowRead more