Politics of Planning

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid has reaffirmed his commitment to the importance of ‘placemaking’, arguing for the importance of design-quality and how neighbourhoods “make us feel”.

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey have launched their Green Paper on housing -‘Housing for the Many’.

Waverley Borough Council has expressed its frustration at the prospect of spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on legal fees fighting a judicial review of its Local Plan.

We are delighted to have been able to provide political, community and media relations support for 1,800 new homes (including 540 affordable homes) recently granted planning consent in Waverley.

Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has announced £300 million of Government funding to unlock thousands of new homes.

On Wednesday 14th March SP Broadway hosted a Politics of Planning breakfast discussion with Cllr Simon Dudley, Leader of Leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council.

In her speech to the National Planning Conference last week, Prime Minister Theresa May outlined key changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, which are now out for consultation

Balmoral Estates, the Queen’s Highland summer residence, has had its application to build a hydroelectric power scheme challenged, demonstrating that even Her Majesty’s plans can be called-in!

A Kantar Public poll of 2,500 adults in the UK has found that 31% of the British public rank affordable housing as one of their top three priorities, with only healthcare ranking higher.

The number of young adults owning their own home has more than halved, and this could have a big impact on May's local government elections.