Planning | Evans Jones

Development Opportunities - NPPF December 2024

New Housing Land Supply and Standard Method create new opportunities

Goodbye 4 Year Rule for Unauthorised Development

New time limits for enforcement come into effect on the 25th April 2024

Housing Land Supply uncertainty Clarified

Interpretation of Paragraph 226 of the December 2023 revision of NPPF

Housing Land Supply Confusion

Confusion reigns over housing supply calculation methodology

Vacancy- Planning Consultant

We are looking for a highly motivated Planning Consultant to join the planning team here at Evans Jones.

New use class proposed for short term lets

Planning Consultant Anthony Cogan discusses the amendments to the Levelling Up Bill in April which proposes that certain types of short-term holiday let be brought within a new use class.

Review of Infrastructure Levy Consultation 2023

Planning consultant, Anthony Cogan discusses the recent review on the infrastructure Levy. Published by the Department for Levelling up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) on the 17 March 2023. Here we consider the implications of the Community Infrastructure

Planning Application Fee Increase - Consultation

Planning consultant, Anthony Cogan discusses the recent review of how to improve the town planning process.

What does the construction industry look like for 2023?

Our head of project consultancy discusses the challenges faced by the construction industry due to the current pressures of our economy.

Is land availability really the problem?

New DLUHC statistics show that the perception that most new development is gobbling up our green and pleasant land is at odds with reality.

Another PM, another direction for Planning Policy?

With our third PM in as many months, we ask which direction Rishi Sunak's ideas on planning policy will take us?

Is Liz Truss failing to plan?

As the government announces the scrapping of top-down housing targets, David Jones looks at the effect on new housing and development.