We are delighted to announce that an appeal we worked on against the refusal of an outline planning application for new housing has been allowed by the Planning Inspectorate. The application was recommended for approval by officers but planning committee voted to refuse the application. We are delighted that the […]
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Northumberland County Council are preparing their Local Plan, which will run to 2036. What does that mean? (And why would anyone be interested?) Every local council has a duty to create a strategy that takes into account things like how the area’s population and economy are likely to change, and to […]
We’ve all had the experience of walking past a derelict building and thinking: “What a shame – surely there must be a better use for that?!“. This morning EP hosted a workshop with our friends at Shared Assets, who are building an online tool called Land Explorer. It aims to […]
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has promised that the government will bring forward a green paper on social housing in England. Speaking at the National Housing Federation’s conference in Birmingham on Tuesday (19th of September), Javid said the green paper would be a “wide-ranging, top-to-bottom review of the issues facing the […]
Ethical Partnership are pleased to announce that we have been appointed to advise a residents association in Leeds. The community are concerned about proposals to build up to 140 new houses within the green belt and approached us to advise them on the robustness of the arguments being made by […]
Planning has again been criticized and will again be the subject of tinkering and even more procedural changes Unveiling the White Paper, communities secretary, Sajid Javid said “The housing market in this country is broken and the solution means building many more houses in the places that people want to live. […]
We’re so pleased to have designed the landscaping for the first homes to be built in the heart of Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley in more than half a century. The doors have opened to 42 new one-bedroom apartments in the picturesque valley as part of a £6m housing project. Overlooking the Ouseburn Farm, […]
A new Housing & Finance Institute report has highlighted that housing growth is being held back by sluggish performance by utility companies. Perhaps there is then some truth in our long standing stance that housing growth is not being held up by the planning system. The separation of retail and […]
The National Policy for the Built Environment Committee has recently asserted the importance of delivering a better built environment and is concerned about; the quality of new developments and the risk of housing delivery being prioritised at the expense of other elements of the built environment. Chairman of the Committee, […]
Peers have added their voice to those criticising current government policies as unlikely to meet demand for either the quantity or quality of new homes needed. The Lords Select Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment has published a report which urged the government to appoint a chief built […]