Policy

The temporary High Court injunction blocking asylum seekers from being housed in The Bell Hotel in Epping has received wide-ranging headlines, many of which have referenced planning policy, but what is the planning policy that impacts on the decision, what will be its impact and, in light of this, does planning policy need to change?

Like London buses, you wait ages for one then two come along at once. No sooner has the ink dried on our Green Book review blog, than the mandarins at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government dropped a new edition of their own Appraisal Guide.