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Design and Placemaking Planning Guidance

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is updating planning practice guidance on design and placemaking to strengthen local planning authorities' capacity to assess developer viability claims and secure appropriate developer contributions. The guidance addresses the skills and resource asymmetry between LPAs and developers in financial viability assessment negotiations. This is an active consultation and guidance development process affecting planning decisions and infrastructure funding across England.


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6 Jun 2025 | Research Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Improving local areas through developer funding

This report assesses whether MHCLG is overseeing an effective system of developer contributions that delivers the intended benefits. Report type: value_for_money | Departments: ['Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government'] | Topics: ['Commercial and financial management', 'Housing', 'In

27 Feb 2025 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Local Plan-Making and Guidance

UIN: HCWS480 Planning is principally a local activity. It is local plans that set out a vision and a framework for the future development of any given area, addressing needs and opportunities in relation to housing, the economy, community facilities …

27 Feb 2025 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Local Plan-Making and Guidance

UIN: HLWS474 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:Planning is principally a local activity. It is local plans that set out a vision and a framework for …

12 Nov 2024 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Housing Design and Quality

UIN: HCWS209 The government are committed to building 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, but we have also been clear that increasing housebuilding rates cannot mean units at any cost. We want exemplary development to be the …

20 Jul 2021 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Building Beautiful Places

UIN: HCWS216 The Government has set out to put beauty and design, for the first time, at the heart of the local planning system. To that end, we are changing the system so that local people are empowered to set …

20 Jul 2021 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Building Beautiful Places

UIN: HLWS211 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government has set out to put beauty and design, for the …

1 Feb 2021 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Design Update

UIN: HLWS746 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:In late 2018, the Government established the Building Better, Building Beau...