Monthly Archives: September 2011
Daily Telegraph scary planning story doesn’t add up
House prices ‘will be cut by planning rulesβ leads the front page article in todayβs Daily Telegraph. Apparently the Planning Officers Society has declared that the potential for land being released for development under the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will blight the values of existing properties. Why would this effect be any greater [...]
Telegraph ‘flood risk to homes’ story is all washed up
This morning’s Daily Telegraph front page, under the banner of its campaign βHands off our Landβ, reports that the Draft National Planning Policy will promote the unchecked development of housing on floodplains. For heavenβs sake. Even in its most vague and woolly form, the presumption in favour of sustainable development would hardly promote the development [...]
Dan Rickett at Grand Designs Live
Dan Rickett will be attending the Birmingham NEC Grand Designs Live show on Saturday morning, 8th October. He’ll be on the RIBA professional advice stand. If you want to quiz a top architect about any aspect of building, renovation or development, this is your chance. The show runs from 7-9 October. You can find out [...]
National Planning Policy Framework: it won’t work
We should welcome the reduction in the number of National Planning Policy Framework documents. However, the wider inclusion of people and communities will become a barrier to progress unless accompanied by strictly enforced guidelines. The planning system cannot deliver homes, business and industrial units etc. The private sector will do that – if the planning [...]
