Claire Dutch

Jan 2, 2024 | lexology.com | Kathryn Hampton |Claire Dutch |Trevor Goode |Eleanor Reeves

Happy new year! We hope you enjoyed the Christmas break. Now that we're all back to it, we thought we'd start off with our Top 5 things to look out for in 2024:1. National Development Management Policies (NDMPs)Remember these? The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 set the scene for NDMPs - another type of national planning policy of even greater importance than the existing NPPF.

Mar 23, 2023 | ashurst.com | Claire Dutch |Trevor Goode |Eleanor Reeves

1. What's happenedThe Government has issued yet another consultation, asking for views on its new Environment Outcomes Reports regime. 2. What are Environment Outcome ReportsIt's a new system of environmental assessment that will replace the existing (EU derived) Environmental Impact Assessment. 3. Why do we need a new regime?

Mar 22, 2023 | lexology.com | Kathryn Hampton |Claire Dutch |Trevor Goode |Eleanor Reeves

1. What's happenedThe Government has issued yet another consultation, asking for views on its new Environment Outcomes Reports regime. 2. What are Environment Outcome ReportsIt's a new system of environmental assessment that will replace the existing (EU derived) Environmental Impact Assessment. 3. Why do we need a new regime?

Mar 2, 2023 | lexology.com | Claire Dutch |Kathryn Hampton |Trevor Goode

The Government is consulting on plans to increase planning application fees for major applications by 35%. The suggestion has been supported by some in the industry who see local authority under-resourcing as one of the key constraints on our planning system. The consultation asks for views on whether the extra money should go directly to planning departments and be ring-fenced for planning use only.