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Can ‘Permission in Principle’ for New Housing in England Increase Certainty, Reduce ‘Planning Risk’, and Accelerate Housing Supply?

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  • Nick Gallent
  • Claudio de Magalhaes
  • Sonia Freire Trigo
  • Kath Scanlon
  • Christine Whitehead

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In this article, we examine the probable impact of moving towards ‘up front’ planning permission for housing schemes in England on development pace and future housing supply. That examination draws on interviews and focus groups with planning professionals, house builders, land promoters and others involved in land development. We begin by exploring the apparent effect of planning and ‘regulatory risk’ on development before examining strategies, including upfront ‘permission in principle’ (PiP), that claim the potential to reduce that risk and deliver greater certainty for the development sector. The broader focus for this article is how those compliance-based strategies might operate in England’s otherwise discretionary planning system, in which the power to scrutinise and make decisions rests with local government and elected politicians, and what benefits they might bring.

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  • Nick Gallent & Claudio de Magalhaes & Sonia Freire Trigo & Kath Scanlon & Christine Whitehead, 2019. "Can ‘Permission in Principle’ for New Housing in England Increase Certainty, Reduce ‘Planning Risk’, and Accelerate Housing Supply?," Planning Theory & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(5), pages 673-688, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rptpxx:v:20:y:2019:i:5:p:673-688
    DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2019.1672772
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    1. Liu, Wen & Beattie, Lee & Haarhoff, Errol, 2021. "Outcome-focused plan discretion for facilitating residential intensification: Exploring the insights and experience of property developers and planners," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).

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