National Planning Policy Archives

Building homes on brownfield land to be strengthened

|Date: 13 February, 2024

Building homes on brownfield land to be strengthened

Big city councils must prioritise brownfield development over Green Belt, says government as it announces ...

Big city councils must prioritise brownfield development over Green Belt, says government as it announces a major shake-up to planning rules to boost the construction of new homes in the right places. ...

13 February, 2024
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Major organisations come together to uphold Garden City principles

|Date: 13 April, 2018

Major organisations come together to uphold Garden City principles

Over 50 organisations — including councils, professional bodies, trade associations, charities, developer ...

Over 50 organisations — including councils, professional bodies, trade associations, charities, developers and designers — are calling on the Government to reinstate a reference to Garden City princip ...

13 April, 2018
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Brownfield Registers identify land for more than 1m homes

|Date: 12 February, 2018

Brownfield Registers identify land for more than 1m homes

An analysis of Brownfield Land Registers has confirmed that there is enough space on brownfield land to b ...

An analysis of Brownfield Land Registers has confirmed that there is enough space on brownfield land to build at least one million new homes, with more than two-thirds of these homes deliverable withi ...

12 February, 2018
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Go-ahead for Birmingham’s ambitious homes and jobs plan

|Date: 24 November, 2016

Go-ahead for Birmingham’s ambitious homes and jobs plan

The Birmingham Development Plan (BDP) setting out a 15-year strategy to deliver thousands of new homes an ...

The Birmingham Development Plan (BDP) setting out a 15-year strategy to deliver thousands of new homes and jobs can be formally adopted and approved by Birmingham City Council, the Government has conf ...

24 November, 2016
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