Planning

A planning law introduced in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, calls for new buildings to include special bricks that provide nests for solitary bees. Brighton & Hove Council’s policy stipulates that all new buildings above five metres should include bee bricks, as well as bird nesting boxes suitable for swifts. These bee bricks

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The UK government’s proposal to use a mathematical formula to determine where to build 300,000 new homes a year has been criticised by campaigners. The formula would be used to set a target number of homes to build for each area in England, with the aim of building more housing in less affordable places to increase

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The UK government’s proposal to use a mathematical formula to determine where to build 300,000 new homes a year has been criticised by campaigners. The formula would be used to set a target number of homes to build for each area in England, with the aim of building more housing in less affordable places to increase

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New planning rules announced by the UK government will require new homes built under permitted development rights to be over 37 square metres. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has praised the ministry of housing for closing a “dangerous loophole”. “Minority of developers abusing the system” New houses built under permitted development (PD), which

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Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith has been appointed by UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick to lead a national design body that has been tasked with “driving up design standards” for planning applications. Boys Smith will lead a steering group that will create the government’s as-yet-unnamed architecture task force, which will work with local communities to develop

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In a report published today, the UK government has laid out proposals to speed up planning approval for developments and scrap section 106 agreements. Called Planning for the Future, the white paper details plans for upcoming changes to the planning system in England. Housing minister Robert Jenrick had already announced plans to expand permitted development

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