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Residents and businesses are being asked to comment on the issues and options that the Council’s emerging local plan should look to address. The Council is preparing a new Local Plan following major national planning reforms and the withdrawal of the previous draft plan. The Plan will guide where new homes, jobs and supporting infrastructure should be located across the borough up to 2043.  The consultation outlines options for locating new development and asks for views on h

We’re pleased to welcome  Lucy Wilson  to  Tyler Parkes . Lucy joins us as  Associate Planning Director , bringing experience from  HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd  and a strong track record supporting complex, large-scale infrastructure and stakeholder-led planning projects. Lucy will be working across our planning portfolio, helping clients navigate strategy, risk and delivery through the planning system.

The planning environment remains pro-development in intent, but delivery is increasingly shaped by three realities: (1) plan-making lag, (2) acute housing land supply shortfalls, and (3) a tougher expectation that schemes “earn” permission through design, infrastructure and nature outcomes. Two national developments are setting the direction of travel: the December 2024 National Planning Policy Framework (as corrected in February 2025), and the Planning and Infrastructure Act

The Government has launched a 12-week consultation on a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), setting out wide-ranging changes intended to create a more rules-based and predictable planning system. The proposals focus on boosting housing delivery in well-connected locations, strengthening the brownfield-first approach, and encouraging higher-density development around railway stations. These are  consultation proposals only , and the Government is seeking views f