Bob Robinson, Chairman in DPP's Leeds office, comments in EGi on English councils reluctance to publish a core strategy.

Gareth Hooper, Director in DPP's Cardiff office, comments in EG on DTZ's controversial plans for a temporary carpark to replace the St David's Shopping Centre in Swansea.

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,...

Leeds affordable housing policy in question....

After 11 months of debate the Localism Act is here. The legislation aims to pass power down from central government to local councils and beyond. Here at DPP we see this as just the beginning of the changes to come with a whole raft of secondary legislation and transitional arrangements still to be published.

Green credentials balancing principles and practicalities....

DPP's Gareth Hooper has been extensively and prominently quoted on Wales’ five new EZs and retail-led regeneration plans in the latest issue of EG.

Cardiff council's LDP delays are a dangerous mess, warns Gareth Hooper. Mr Pickles take note....