Architects Journal
BY BRIAN WATERS
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Getting the best out of planners
25-Nov-1999
Architects will get the best results from planning authoritiesif they know their subject and their own strengths -
Planning outlines or battle lines? The amount of work, level of detail and assessment authority in planning applications remain hotly contested territories
23-Sep-1999
When is an outline application not enough? Two contradictory recent decisions throw new light and confusion on the question often raised between architects and their clients about how much work has to go into the formulation of a planning application so as to establish the principle of the intended development. -
Cancelling the reservation? Does the Secretary of State have the power to call-in reserved matters?
3-Jun-1999
It is generally considered that, once an outline consent has been secured, the Secretary of State does not have the power to call-in reserved matters pursuant to an outline planning permission. -
What should be strategic? Can the Urban Task Force change the government's belief that design is not a strategic issue?
4-Mar-1999
The Greater London Assembly Bill, published just before Christmas, seeks to establish the powers of London's new mayor - powers intended to be emulated across the country in due course. At its last meeting, the London Planning and Development Forum was able to debate the bill, assisted by the head of planning at the Government Office for London, Joyce Bridges, and two of the possible mayoral candidates. -
The tendency of planning restrictions towards over-protection has the potential to hold back UK economic growth Free-form planning
26-Nov-1998
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We examine new solutions to the much-vaunted future housing crisis, and the ACA's response to proposals to speed up planning Planning update
17-Sep-1998
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Restraining our use of the car
16-Jul-1998
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Creating a brown study
28-May-1998
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Appeals targets up
7-May-1998
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Development Plan modernisation
7-May-1998
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Game's up for playing fields
7-May-1998
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Higher densities breakthrough
7-May-1998
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Practical planning advice
19-Mar-1998
We look at the possible rejuvenation of compulsory purchase, a threat to tree preservation orders, and irrational planning decisions -
Modernism comes to planning
12-Feb-1998
Various policies are being considered by New Labour to speed up and simplify the planning process -
We look at the implications for architects of likely developments in housebuilding, and at the European Spatial Development Perspective Planning advice
8-Jan-1998
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Access over 100 years of projects
