White Paper and Changes to the Current Planning System Consultations The Standard Method and Transitional Arrangements for Local Plan Preparation A series of briefing notes have been prepared by regional...
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Introduction The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published mid-year population estimates for 2020. This note summarises the main points arising from the data for England, beginning with a look...
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First Homes In a Written Ministerial Statement on the 24th May, the Housing Minister Chris Pincher set out planning policy changes in relation to First Homes, including revisions to Planning...
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Affordability Ratios 2020 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its 2020 house price to workplace-based earnings ratio data on 25 March 2021, which provide affordability ratios for all local...
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How Health Impact Assessment can lead the way to healthier communities. It has long been accepted that our living environments are a key determinant of our overall health and wellbeing....
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The Housing Delivery Test is an annual measurement of housing delivery in each local planning authority (LPA). On January 19 2021, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published...
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On 16th December 2020, the Government published an updated version of the standard method following the ‘Changes to the Current Planning System’ consultation of August 2020. This StoryMap below provides...
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The Ministry for Homes, Communities and Local Government has released new nationwide data for net additional housing, added in the year to April 2020. This StoryMap analyses the latest data...
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The Office for National Statistics released its latest Labour Force Survey data. Not normally a hugely anticipated event, but these are not normal times of course. This release has been...
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Socio-Economic Considerations of Spread of Covid-19 Through Local Communities With the implementation of national lockdown, the issue of how and why Covid-19 cases occur more in some areas than others...
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This note has been produced to assess care home provision in Greater Manchester as well as looking at future requirements for care homes in the conurbation. Take a look at...
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With the Government having launched its consultation on proposals to reform the planning system in England, Pegasus Group looks at what the implications could be for housing requirements across the...
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Economic Downturn The global health impacts of COVID-19 have been severe, with more than 14 million confirmed cases and over 600,000 deaths as of 20 July 2020. The figures for...
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The standard method for determining the ‘local housing need’ forms a key part of national policy. The method provides the minimum number of homes that should be planned for in...
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Introduction The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published mid-year population estimates for 2019, providing estimates for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, regions and local authorities. This note summarises the...
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The coronavirus pandemic has hit virtually every industry since it began and housing is no different, with many construction sites shutting down at the end of the March following lockdown...
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The UK’s Ageing Population Like many other countries, the UK has an ageing population. Based on the 2018 mid-year population estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there are...
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Following on from the release of 2018-based national population projections last year, the Office for National Statistics has now published the sub-national (local authority) data for England. The new projections...
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its 2019 house price to workplace-based earnings ratio data on 19 March 2020, which provide affordability ratios for all local authorities in England...
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The recent BBC Briefing on Housing is a lengthy read, coming in at 186 pages, but its length serves to highlight how many issues need to be addressed when tackling...
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2019 Housing Delivery Test Results The Housing Delivery Test is the method that the Government employs to measure the performance of individual Local Planning Authorities in the delivery of new...
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its 2018-based national population projections, which provide a long-term view of future growth prospects in the UK. The 2018-based projections show that...
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released new jobs figures for 2018 as part of the Business Register & Employment Survey (BRES). The data present a more up to...
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published mid-year population estimates for 2018, providing estimates for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, regions and local authorities. This note summarises the main...
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The planning system plays a vital role in shaping the physical and natural environments in which people live. This is a key factor in helping people change their behaviours to...
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Standard Methodology... Another Way? In September, new 2016-based ONS population projections were incorporated into the Standard Method, with the effect that housing demand estimates were reduced in many areas; particularly...
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Pegasus Group has summarised the main points from the review of Build Out, commissioned by the Chancellor at the time of the Autumn 2017 budget, the review has been undertaken...
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released new jobs figures for 2017 as part of the Business Register & Employment Survey (BRES). The data presents an up to date...
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In April this year, the Court of Justice of the European Union published its ruling on People over Wind, Peter Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta. The case related to the Habitats...
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Local housing need remains 'uncertain' under revised NPPF. Following widespread consultation, the Government has published its revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) – the biggest shake up since its introduction...
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently published mid-year population estimates for 2017, providing estimates for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, regions and local authorities. This note summarises the main...
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Welcome to our latest quarterly economic update prepared by our economics specialists at Pegasus Group. This quarter we look at The Housing White Paper (February 2017) and the implications of...
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On 24 May 2018, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the 2016-based Subnational Population Projections (SNPP) data set for England. The data supersedes the 2014-based projections, which were published in May...
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Please see attached a Planning and Housing Update prepared by Associate, Nick Kirby from Pegasus Group's Bracknell office, which considers the implications of the new draft NPPF on housing need...
Read MoreThe Government this week published its draft revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) - the biggest shake up since its introduction in 2012. The revised framework incorporates policy...
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Launched on 27 November 2017 by the Business Secretary, Greg Clark, the new Industrial Strategy sets out a long term vision for how the country can build on its economic...
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The London Mayor Sadiq Khan has published a new and revised Draft of the London Plan. With the population of London projected to increase to 10.5 million by 2041, and...
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Permitted development rights allowing changes of use to residential uses were extended on 1st October 2017, with the introduction of rights to change from B1c use to residential via class...
Read MoreThe Building More Homes report to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs (July 2016) identifies that since the late 1990’s there have been dramatic increases in house...
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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is often a key part in major planning applications, which can have many implications for developers, particularly in relation to often pressurised timescales and budgets. Pegasus...
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Pegasus Group's Cirencester office present a briefing note on the 'Implications of Brexit for the Housing Market'. While the details of the Brexit deal have yet to be formulated, it...
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Head of Economics at Pegasus Group Richard Cook comments on last week’s Autumn Statement and what it means to the need for more house building in the UK.
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At the October meeting of the Cornwall Council Strategic Planning Committee, Pegasus Group, on behalf of its client Mr.John Broome CBE, successfully secured a resolution to grant permission for a...
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We obtained consent for a scheme including a retail unit, 4no. houses and 5no. maisonettes on an existing series of vacant and dilapidated shop units with flats above on a...
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Please click on the PDF below to view a summary note for the High Court ruling regarding whether or not land should be designated as a village green on Humpty Hill in...
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Our briefing note attached was produced in March 2016 to reflect stage 1 of the changes to major applications in Wales which came into force then. From the 1st August...
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A high court challenge is dismissed as judge agrees with inspector’s approval of Pegasus' proof of evidence on consultant derived objectively assessed need for calculating 5 year housing land supply....
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With the UK having voted to leave the European Union, thoughts now turn to what the implications of “Brexit” will be for the economy. The UK has still to formally...
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Click here to read our briefing paper following the published 2014-based Household Projections for England on 12th July 2016.
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Download our paper on the ONS 2014 Based Sub-National Population Projects. Please contact a member of our team if you would like any further information.
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Following a number of measures that flew back and forth between the House of Lords and House of Commons over previous weeks, the exact wording of the government’s Housing and...
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On Thursday 5th May 2016, Bristol chose Marvin Rees as the new mayor, following George Ferguson’s four-year term as the first elected Mayor of Bristol. Click on the below PDF...
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Our briefing paper outlines the Chancellor George Osborne announcement that a devolution deal was to be pushed forward covering Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. For any further information, advice or clarification...
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Our briefing paper outlines the Chancellor George Osborne announcement that a devolution deal was to be pushed forward covering Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. For any further information, advice or clarification...
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Our briefing paper outlines the Chancellor George Osborne announcement of the West of England Combined Authority Devolution Agreement. This agreement will give the West of England substantial new powers over...
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This briefing note details the statutory changes to the planning system in Wales which take effect from the 16th March 2016. Below sets out the headlines of changes: A 28...
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Read our summary on the proposed approach to implement measures of the Housing and Planning Bill.
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