Chief Planning Officer's newsletter

A recent newsletter by Chief Planner, Joanna Averley, in MHCLG to local authorities' planning officers is here.

It includes:-

• New Plan-Making System
• Funding to support Local Plan implementation
• Compulsory purchase update
• Using AI to summarise consultation responses, see this video
• Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency
• Developers to comply with tree felling regulations

Joanna Averley, the DLUHC Chief Planner has published a March 2023newsletterto borough planning officers. It covers a consultation to 25th April 2023 on'Stronger Performance of Local Planning Authorities supported through an increase in Planning Fees'. That is descibed by FirstPlan here. The newsletter includes information on aCompetition and Market Authority

On 15th April 2024 the DLUHC Chief Planner, Joanna Averley, wrote to local authority planning officers as here with details on Biodiversity Net Gain on Small Sites, consultation on an Accelerated Planning System, a new draft Planning Performance Dashboard for individual local planning authorities speed of decision-making, Round 2 of