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Discretion, and where it actually happens: a planning officer's view from the desk

Discretion, and where it actually happens: a planning officer's view from the desk

As reforms push more decisions from committee to officer, a London development management officer reflects on what "exercising discretion" actually feels like in practice — and on the quieter safeguards that matter more once the committee backstop is gone.

October 08, 2026

Discretion, and where it actually happens: a planning officer's view from the desk

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Borough council appoints Browne Jacobson to advise on planning and highways matters for Universal theme park

October 08, 2026

Developer fails in High Court challenge to refusal of permission for 33-home scheme

October 08, 2026

District in Sussex becomes latest to take legal steps over local government reorganisation

October 06, 2026

Change the law to give councils more effective powers to deal with intentional unauthorised development, district tells minister

Oct 05, 2026

County council launches judicial review over solar development approved through NSIP process

Oct 05, 2026

Campaigners vow to fight on after refusal of permission for judicial review of plans for new football stadium

Oct 02, 2026

Natural England to focus specialist planning advice on complex cases with significant environmental impacts

Oct 01, 2026

Minister intervenes at district over emerging local plan after council removes sites ahead of Regulation 19 stage

Oct 01, 2026

Minister orders council to hold Regulation 19 consultation on local plan

Oct 01, 2026

Campaign group seeks to block appeal by Spurs over quashing of permission for training ground

Oct 01, 2026

High Court judge rejects statutory review challenge to advertising discontinuance notice

Sep 30, 2026

Councils decry “Hobson’s choice” after approving changes to constitutions ahead of planning decision-making reforms

Sep 29, 2026

Planning minister withdraws intervention in City of London emerging local plan

Sep 25, 2026

Case for extending NSIP judicial review reforms to other planning regimes “not yet made out on the evidence”: Law Society

Sep 25, 2026

Campaign group threatens legal action over impact of National Planning Policy Framework reforms on BNG

Sep 24, 2026

Legal challenge launched over government plans to house asylum seekers at Bicester military base

Sep 22, 2026

Council secures final High Court injunction over unlawful development

Sep 22, 2026

Minister orders council to hold Regulation 19 consultation on emerging Local Plan

Sep 21, 2026

Council to take Government to High Court after being stripped of powers to decide major planning applications

Sep 21, 2026

Judge rejects challenge to solar development on 65-acre site

Sep 17, 2026

High Court quashes planning permission for 132-flat scheme over misleading officers’ report

Sep 17, 2026

Council eyes legal challenge to Government intervention in local plan process

Sep 17, 2026

Public Law Project says evidence does not exist to justify extending NSIP judicial review reforms to other planning judicial reviews

Sep 15, 2026

Judicial review launched over approval for hydroelectric scheme in national park

Sep 11, 2026

Planning inspector makes costs award against council over "unreasonable behaviour" in dispute over caravan site

Sep 11, 2026

Borough council secures injunction over site near Aldermaston nuclear facility

Sep 10, 2026

Council concedes approval for intensive poultry unit was unlawful: report

Sep 08, 2026

Minister orders council to carry out Regulation 19 consultation on emerging plan

Sep 07, 2026

Minister intervenes after council pauses publication of plan for Regulation 19 consultation

Sep 07, 2026

Land promoters and developers group calls for six more High Court judges specialising in planning cases

Sep 03, 2026

Royal borough to challenge decision by planning inspector that metropolitan open land can be ‘grey belt’

Sep 03, 2026

Campaign group sends pre-action letter over motorway services approval

Sep 02, 2026

Housing sector issues guidance aimed at improving section 106 outcomes

Sep 01, 2026

Judge rejects legal challenge over £125k Community Infrastructure Levy liability and new evidence

Aug 27, 2026

Ombudsman criticises “delay and drift” in planning enforcement case

Aug 27, 2026

Council rules out judicial review of approval of solar farm due to “insufficient grounds”

Aug 26, 2026

Government consults on standard s106 planning agreements for medium-sized sites

Aug 25, 2026

Campaigners and council bring legal challenge over grant of planning permission for 975-home scheme on land owned by charity

Aug 25, 2026

Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in s70C ‘two bites at the cherry’ dispute

Aug 24, 2026

Mayors in England to be handed ‘call in’ powers over key planning decisions in their areas

Aug 24, 2026

Welsh Government consults on revision to National Development Framework

Aug 20, 2026

Judge rejects bid to challenge decision to decline to determine application for retrospective planning permission for Traveller site

Aug 20, 2026

Welsh Ministers defend challenge to refusal of permission for 18 wind turbines

Aug 20, 2026

Features

Consistency in planning decision making

Consistency in planning decision making

October 08, 2026

The High Court has recently quashed a planning permission for a new high-rise development in the Chiswick House Conservation Area. Craig Shearer sets out the details of the facts and judgment.

How to fix drafting before it fails: five LPA essentials

How to fix drafting before it fails: five LPA essentials

October 02, 2026

Aisha Khawar identifies five practical drafting improvements that can help local authorities strengthen planning agreements, protect contributions and ensure enforceability over time.

The first draft Environmental Delivery Plan

The first draft Environmental Delivery Plan

October 02, 2026

Does the first draft Environmental Delivery Plan mark a new era in environmental mitigation in England? Matthew Tucker and Douglas Haycock look at the details.

A second wind for S106?

A second wind for S106?

October 02, 2026

The government has recently endorsed guidance published by housing sector bodies to improve efficiency and collaboration in the delivery of S106 homes. What are the potential benefits for developers and housing associations alike? Lilian Robinson explains.

Out of time, out of luck?

Out of time, out of luck?

Sep 18, 2026

The August 2026 NPPF: what has changed from the consultation draft?

The August 2026 NPPF: what has changed from the consultation draft?

Sep 09, 2026

Call-in powers for mayors

Call-in powers for mayors

Aug 28, 2026

Reforms to the NSIP Regime (and Beyond…)

Reforms to the NSIP Regime (and Beyond…)

Aug 21, 2026

Quashing of timely prior approval and the deemed consent rule

Quashing of timely prior approval and the deemed consent rule

Aug 13, 2026

Alteration to the design of plans

Aug 12, 2026

It’s academic

Aug 12, 2026

Biodiversity Net Gain: 2026 changes for LPAs

Aug 07, 2026

Interpretation of s.106 agreements

Jul 31, 2026

Certificates of Appropriate Alternative Developments – the cancelled scheme world

Jul 31, 2026

Lessons from the Brockwell Park judicial review litigation 

Jul 24, 2026

The exceptions to inappropriate development in the Green Belt

Jul 23, 2026

Are Minerals still “essential”?

Jul 17, 2026

Draft planning committee reports: sharing is caring

Jul 16, 2026

Assessing logistics proposals

Jul 16, 2026

Minerals webinar series - Part 1: Minerals plan-making: the next phase

Jul 14, 2026

When is a dwellinghouse not a dwellinghouse?

Jul 10, 2026

Roles for members in the new delegated arrangements for planning decisions

Jul 03, 2026

Planning enforcement and lawfulness cases

Jul 03, 2026

Route 62A

Jun 25, 2026

Webinars

Minerals webinar series - Part 1: Minerals plan-making: the next phase

Watch Landmark Chambers' first part of its Minerals webinar series, recorded on 8 June 2026.

Boundary line lessons from White v Alder [2025] EWCA Civ 392

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill – what’s in, what’s out and will it work?

Planning Case Law Update

Local Authority Insight Series: Regeneration and the local authority estate

Construction Law Update

Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy Update

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