It was heralded as a new dawn for the development sector – a National Planning Policy Framework offering a faster, fairer, clearer process for all. Then environmental pressure groups complained that the Government’s draft NPPF favoured development over the countryside.
Now these same pressure groups have latched onto a report by the All-Party Communities and Local [...]
Taken from the Dec 2011 edition of Housebuilder magazine.
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, sends festive greetings to the communities secretary – but wishes he was acting quicker on planning reform
I have had this great idea for a DCLG Christmas card. It features Eric Pickles dressed as Santa Claus, cooking chestnuts on an [...]
The PPS central London development team secured permission for the Cadogan Estate on Tuesday night (13 December) for a major mixed use redevelopment in Chelsea. The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s Major Planning Development Committee voted 8 to 1 in favour of the proposals for this major new building on a prime site in Sloane [...]
So, the Queen of Shops has spoken. Less red tape, more public-private sector co-operation, more market stalls, more of a town centre emphasis.
Echoing a Localism Act that includes a presumption in favour of sustainable development, the fashion guru and TV retail fixer’s report is a timely examination of how to revitalise our beleaguered high streets, [...]