Posted 10.11.16
RTPI: Article link
England's greenfield sites, including green belts, need to be considered alongside brownfield land as locations for new housing, the RTPI said today.
In its policy statement - Where should we build new homes - published after canvassing members across England and Wales, the RTPI said the Government's impending Housing White Paper needs a "fresh approach" to directing where new housing should be located.
The statement says "green belt boundaries may well need to change, but only after a careful review over wider areas than single local authorities, where safeguards are put in place to ensure development is sustainable, affordable and delivered in a timely manner, and without prejudice to the renewal of brownfield land".
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Posted 02.11.16
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners: Article link
The Neighbourhood Planning Bill has now completed line-by-line scrutiny by the House of Commons Public Bill Committee, in advance of the deadline set of 1 November.
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners (NLF) has reported on the detail of the first four Committee sittings and its Neighbourhood Planning Bill 2016-17 blog provides full details of the current position. It will continue to be updated throughout the passage of the Bill - after Report stage and Third Reading it passes to the House of Lords.
To date, no Opposition amendments have been made to the Bill. The Government has added new clauses governing local plan-making, which are updated in the NLF blog.
