By Vivienne Shirley, Senior Consultant  The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released dramatically lower household number projections than previously forecast, causing quite a stir in the planning world.  The 2014 projection, calculated by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), stated the number of households would grow …

Michael Hardware has been appointed to head Chelgate’s planning public affairs division, Chelgate Local. With a career spanning over 30 years, 24 of them at Chelgate, Michael has a wealth of experience in property and construction. Over those years he …

By Michael Hardware, Director of Planning and Property The Cambridge and Peterborough Mayor has been critical of some of the planning authorities in his region for standing against greater growth. Speaking at the Built Environment Network event in Cambridge on Tuesday …

By Vivienne Shirley, Senior Consultant Knight Frank has released its latest Residential Development Land Index for Q2 2018, showing the biggest annual rise in greenfield land prices in England since 2014. Prices rose by 2.1% on average in Q2 of 2018, …

By Michael Hardware, Director of Planning and Property This article was published in Housebuilder magazine on September 7, 2018. You can view it here (registration required). The role of county councils in planning appears to be changing. Hertfordshire County Council last …

This month: Land value capture reform, boost for garden communities, digging into the Social Housing Green Paper and is Right to Buy heading in the wrong direction? Catch up on all the articles from our September newsletter: Government looks Onward to land …

By Vivienne Shirley, Senior Consultant In a busy month for the Secretary of State for Communities, James Brokenshire has announced a new garden communities programme to provide tailored advice and potential grant funding to help get garden village and town …

By Kasia Banas, Consultant The government has been called on to consider radical reform of land value capture for communities in an open letter addressed to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon James Brokenshire …