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Design and Placemaking Planning Guidance

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is updating planning practice guidance on design and placemaking to strengthen local planning authorities' capacity to assess developer viability claims and secure appropriate developer contributions. The guidance addresses the skills and resource asymmetry between LPAs and developers in financial viability assessment negotiations. This is an active consultation and guidance development process affecting planning decisions and infrastructure funding across England.

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17 Oct 2025 | Committee report linked

Without updated guidance, local planning authorities will still struggle to challenge financial viability assessments submitted by developers and may fail to receive the amount of developer contributions they are entitled to. Viability assessments are an important tool to ensure that sites are financially feasible for developers and to make sure development takes place. However, there is an asymmetry of skills, capacity and resources between LPAs and developers which means that LPAs often str...

Without updated guidance, local planning authorities will still struggle to challenge financial viability assessments submitted by developers and may fail to receive the amount of developer contributions they are entitled to. Viability assessments are an important tool to ensure that …

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19 Jan 2024 | Committee report linked

An absence of hazards is not enough on its own to ensure that housing protects residents’ health. Space, design and location matter, and these should not be the preserve of those who are able to afford more expensive housing. Several standards exist to support the development of housing that is more widely protective of good health. Dwellings created under Permitted Development Rights (PDR), which comprise some of the most egregious examples of housing that is bad for health that we have seen...

An absence of hazards is not enough on its own to ensure that housing protects residents’ health. Space, design and location matter, and these should not be the preserve of those who are able to afford more expensive housing. Several …

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19 Jan 2024 | Committee report linked

We recommend the Government consult on both the content of existing design and space standards as they relate to health, and on the implications of making such standards mandatory for new dwellings—both for developments requiring standard planning consent, and for both householder and change of use PDR developments.

We recommend the Government consult on both the content of existing design and space standards as they relate to health, and on the implications of making such standards mandatory for new dwellings—both for developments requiring standard planning consent, and for …

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19 Jan 2024 | Committee report linked

Local authorities and councils necessarily consider a wide range of criteria in assessing planning applications. This, alongside pressures on their resources and skills, makes it difficult for them to prioritise ensuring that planning promotes health. The lack of changes to requirements relating to health in the revised National Planning Policy Framework is a disappointing missed opportunity to make promotion of health a higher priority for planning authorities.

Local authorities and councils necessarily consider a wide range of criteria in assessing planning applications. This, alongside pressures on their resources and skills, makes it difficult for them to prioritise ensuring that planning promotes health. The lack of changes to …

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10 Dec 2021 | Committee report linked

We welcome the £65 million for the planning regime announced in the Spending Review towards a new digital system, though more detail is needed on what this new system will entail. Additionally, this announcement falls significantly short of our previous calls for £500 million over four years for local planning authorities. We call on the Government to provide additional funding for local authorities to build place partnerships and place leadership. The Government could consider additionally a...

We welcome the £65 million for the planning regime announced in the Spending Review towards a new digital system, though more detail is needed on what this new system will entail. Additionally, this announcement falls significantly short of our previous …

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10 Jun 2021 | Committee report linked

The Government’s focus on beauty, whilst laudable, must not detract from other important aspects of design. The Government must ensure that its national design code, advice for local authorities about local design codes, and other aspects of design The future of the planning system in England 107 policy reflect the broadest meaning of design, encompassing function, place-making, and the internal quality of the housing as a place to live in, alongside its external appearance. Given the problem...

The Government’s focus on beauty, whilst laudable, must not detract from other important aspects of design. The Government must ensure that its national design code, advice for local authorities about local design codes, and other aspects of design The future …

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