National property planning consultant DPP has reviewed the report by the DCLG Select Committee into the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which was released today. The firm has a number of concerns regarding the...

It has been quite a year for changes to the planning system. Take a look at DPP’s 12 Parcels of Planning for a useful summary of 2011.

The vision underpinning Mary Portas’ review is spot on. The core issue she recognises is that town centres can’t operate as they were 20 years ago; retailers and customers’ expectations have moved on and reinvention and differentiation is important. Simply stopping all future out of centre developments,...

The review into planning in Wales should be broadly welcomed; the ambition to create a planning system 'distinct to meet the needs of Wales' is nothing but positive. There are a...

The announcement by the Environment Minister to abandon PPS24 will be welcomed by many in the planning sector...