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The planning inspector last week ruled that 47 homes in Maitland Lodge could be built as the site had been on the old local plan.

In the latest hearing of a High Court battle over the plans, Learning from the Righteous said supported building the memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens in central London.

By Joey Gardiner 2021-04-30T09:23:00+01:00 Legal challenge by planners designed to avoid hiatus in decision-making fails Virtual planning committee meetings are to cease from May 6 after a judge ruled that existing legislation dating back to the 1970s is not sufficient to give virtual meetings legal status. Planning groups hit out at the news, with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) branding it a “hugely retrograde step”. Virtual meetings have been allowed under emergency coronavirus legislation which has seen most local authorities move all their planning committees online, a...

Damage to towns and local democracy ‘unacceptable’ Architects have warned of the “disastrous unintended consequences” of a government proposal that would allow entire high streets and town centres to be converted into housing. The “half-baked ideas” could do irreversible harm to the commercial hearts of towns and cities up and down the country, they said, and render local authorities powerless to intervene in shaping their districts. Former RIBA president Ben Derbyshire said the loss of local democratic control was unacceptable at a philosophical level – and questioned ministers...