It’s all change in the planning world as Labour is preparing to announce changes to planning regulations as early as next week. The timing and the extent of the changes is still unclear, but given […]
The Pre-Election Period and Planning
Following the announcement yesterday, a general election is to be held on 4th July 2024. As part of this, we are going to be entering a pre-election period from the 30th May, allowing the required […]
Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill receives Royal Assent
On 26th October, 2023, the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill of 2022-23 received Royal Assent, officially becoming the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023, often referred to as LURA 2023. While the full scope of LURA 2023 is […]
Will changes to national planning policy encourage onshore wind development?
Last week, the Government announced amendments to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to ease planning restrictions. The hope is that it will make it easier for onshore wind farms to be built, and end […]
NPPF Changes and the Impact on Local Plans: A Manchester Perspective
Proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will make it easier to plan for fewer homes. The Government’s justification is for greater emphasis on the plan-making system, but plans will now not have […]
National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF): Have Your Say on Proposed Revisions
On 22 December 2022 the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities published a consultation document on the proposed reforms to National Planning Policy together with their proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework, […]
Season’s Greetings from everyone at EP!
Season’s Greetings, Merry Christmas and wishing everyone a Happy New Year for 2023! We wanted to end 2022 by looking back over some of our achievements for the year… In January, Peter was selected as […]
Implications for Multiple Planning Permissions Following Hillside Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court has recently rejected the appeal made by Hillside Parks Ltd against the previous Court of Appeal ruling, which found against allowing further development under its original planning permission on its site in […]
We’re Finalists for Small Planning Consultancy of the Year!
We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to announce that we have been shortlisted as finalists for the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence 2022 in the Small Planning Consultancy of the Year category! The RTPI Awards […]
Will’s first week as a new Senior Planner at EP
We’ve recently taken on a new Senior Planner here at EP, and with our continuing growth and expansion they couldn’t have joined us at a better time! Will Laing joins us from the North Tyneside-Capita […]
FSB Awards – 2022 North East Finalists
We were all thrilled to be shortlisted as finalists for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) North East Awards in the Environmental and Sustainability category. Whilst we didn’t win, we are honoured that our work continues […]
Car Free Day with the Shieldfield Community
World Car Free day was on the 22nd September and encourages motorists around the world to give up their vehicles for a day. The benefits of this include less traffic congestion, a greener environment and […]