Crawley Borough Council are preparing a new Local Plan for the borough which will guide development in Crawley over the plan period from 2024 – 2040. The plan contains planning policies that will be used to determine planning applications, and the Council hope that it addresses issues relating to...

On the day of local elections across England, we thought we'd provide a little update on how politics influences what we do...

Politics and planning in England are intricately linked, with government policies and decisions having a significant impact on the planning system. The National Planning...

The London Borough of Bexley formally adopted the Bexley Local Plan on the 26^th April 2023. The Plan will be used in the determination of planning applications over the period to 2038 and it replaces the Bexley Core Strategy and the remaining extant policies from the Bexley Unitary Development Plan...

The government have today launched a consultation on to seek views on proposals to increase planning fees and to improve the performance of local planning authorities. In brief the proposals comprise:

Please also see our update about revisions to the rules in 2024 here!

Class Q barn conversions are a popular way of transforming disused agricultural buildings into modern and functional living spaces. These conversions are governed by a set of regulations known as Permitted Development Rights...

The Crawley Local Plan is progressing to submission, with the first hurdle being the Overview and Scrutiny Commission on 30 January 2023. If approved, it will then go to Cabinet on 1 February 2023 and then Full Council on 22 February 2023.

The following documents can be accessed now:

• Cabinet...