Introducing #planoraks

We are pleased to introduce #planoraks – rolling posts on UK planning law, litigation, appeals, plan examinations from Zack Simons.

Recent posts have covered:

• The downfall of local plans in St Albans and North Essex;
• Ask-a-planorak – a series of interviews with industry leaders including Bridget Rosewell CBE, Graham Stallwood at PINS and Philip Barnes at Barratt Developments.
• “The basics” – a series of posts covering implementing permissions, the meaning of “material planning considerations”, weighing “out of date” plan policies, complying with the development plan as a whole and material fall-back options.
• The issue the recent Lochailort Investments case reveals with the law on neighbourhood plans.
• What the failed challenge to the Guilford local plan tells us about exceptional circumstances for releasing land from the Green Belt.
• 3 planning laws which need to change in lock-down.
• A summary of the recent cases on the NPPF’s “tilted balance”.

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