July 2025 – Planning Advisory Service
2 posts published by NetZain and Pilgrim Pete during July 2025| Planning Advisory Service
2 posts published by NetZain and Pilgrim Pete during July 2025| Planning Advisory Service
Insights from a recent seminar exploring biodiversity credits, urban planning and ecological innovation. Urban environments present both challenges and opportunities for biodiversity enhancement. With current conversations focusing on biodiversity net gain (BNG), particularly in relation to the recent consultation on minor, medium, and brownfield sites (now closed), the role of biodiversity in cities is receiving […]| Planning Advisory Service
Source of photograph: Shropshire Star, 2011 You know that things are not as good as they could be at planning committee, but you haven’t got the time to spend hours viewing other planning com…| Planning Advisory Service
1 post published by The Hutch during June 2025| Planning Advisory Service
Linked to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill, we are working on a model to allow councils to set their own fees (if they want to) and to promote a way of thinking about what a good pl…| Planning Advisory Service
Day 1 of the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) 20th anniversary conference focussed on understanding the scope and objectives of the government’s planning reforms. On day 2 the focus shifted to implementation and innovation. This is a summary of a session we ran with expert input from Brett Leahy, Strategic Director of Planning, Growth & Infrastructure, […]| Planning Advisory Service
Photo supplied from Hackney Council Planning Committee, Ed Sheridan of Hackney Citizen 2018 The Planning Advisory Service (PAS) has recently completed what we think is the biggest survey ever carri…| Planning Advisory Service
I try to remember how lucky I am to be working for PAS (we might be recruiting again towards the end of the year you should give us a try). One of the best parts is being able to convene a group of senior planning people, whisk them away to a luxury hotel, and have […]| Planning Advisory Service
Protected Sites Strategies (PSS) ‘the next big thing’ to come out of the Environment Act 2021? We discuss how the thinking & approach are developing ahead of the guidance & what part local authorities can play.| Planning Advisory Service
Biodiversity Net Gain today (April 2) becomes mandatory for small site developments. As RichardPritchard asked back in February: ‘Are we Ready’? There’s a lot to learn and quickly for developers working with and submitting planning applications, and for local planning authorities (LPAs) receiving and considering them. Two of the big challenges for all of us […]| Planning Advisory Service
Environmental Outcomes Reports (EORs) were introduced by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act to replace environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment (SEA), with the aim …| Planning Advisory Service
Mandatory biodiversity net gain under the Environment Act is just round the corner with Government confirming at the end of September that all the regulations and guidance setting out the details of legal requirements will be out in November and BNG will start for major applications in January 2024, swiftly followed by small sites in April 2024 and NSIPs by November 2025. PAS started its biodiversity net gain (BNG) project in March 2021 with the aim of helping local planning authorities (LPAs...| Planning Advisory Service
