Planning: special report

Hamson, L.

Planning: special report - 2001 - Property Week 66(12) 23 March 2001, 46-52(6) .

A special report on the UK planning system. Considers the possible future of the planning system, looking at the current legal battle (Alconbury) that is threatening to curb the SoS's planning powers. Suggests opinion appears to be swinging in favour of the government. Also looks at the measures being taken to eradicate an emerging practice among developers, recently attacked by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, of promising 'trophy' architects in order to win planning consents. Includes practical advice from the planning director Patrick Power, of developer Castlemore, on how to get schemes through the planning process.


PLANNING PROCESS
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
ALCONBURY
DEVELOPERS
COMMISSION FOR ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
PLANNING CONSENT
ARCHITECTS