Planning process in the UK - a Singaporean perspective

[Londonproperty123]

In Singapore, the planning and approval process for new buildings is very efficient. Well, Singapore Govt is generally very efficient.

It is not the same elsewhere in the world. One example on the other extreme would be the UK.

For this reason, new-builds in UK are in very short supply. Planning permission is granted by local authorities and they are all elected politicians. Generally, the UK people do not like tall buildings.

Read more in this blog post -
http://londonproperty123.blogspot.sg/2014/04/planning-process-in-uk-singaporean.html

[Royston8H]

Not only that, in general, approval of licenses and setting up a business is very efficient and easy in singapore. This must credit to the Singapore government.

Recently, i dissoluted a LLC in USA and the reply from US/AP side was only two liners without even greeting and email signature. Horrible plus terrible.

[minority]

Well many take for granted what we enjoy here as a given.

[Londonproperty123]

A follow-up piece on the earlier piece on Planning permission.

I must commend the UK government for a very clear and good website. I find it easy to read and understand what they are trying to achieve.

This blog post is also about supply issues in the UK, this time looking at the built to rent scheme and the private rented sector.

It is quite fascinating to think about these issues.

Read more here -
http://londonproperty123.blogspot.sg/2014/04/supply-issues-in-uk-built-to-rent.html

[hopeful]

......
For this reason, new-builds in UK are in very short supply. Planning permission is granted by local authorities and they are all elected politicians. .....

i dont get your part about local authorities being all elected politicians?

"What happens? From what I have observed, planning decisions, after going through all the necessary consultation, refinements etc, are put to the vote. Local councillors have to be very careful with regard to how they manage the sentiment of the local population."

what do you mean put to vote?
the residents vote to proceed or only the local councils vote?

[Londonproperty123]

i dont get your part about local authorities being all elected politicians?

"What happens? From what I have observed, planning decisions, after going through all the necessary consultation, refinements etc, are put to the vote. Local councillors have to be very careful with regard to how they manage the sentiment of the local population."

what do you mean put to vote?
the residents vote to proceed or only the local councils vote?

Thanks for the question. I have tried to clarify a bit more on the blog post - http://londonproperty123.blogspot.sg/2014/04/planning-process-in-uk-singaporean.html

To answer your question, the planning proposal is put to a vote at the local council. Each elected councillor has one vote. If the planning proposal gets a majority, then the plans go through.

So, if you are a local councillor, would you vote for or against? If all the residents in your electorate tell you that they hate tall buildings, they do not want noise and construction etc... would you dare to vote yes & risk your standing at the next polls?

This is one example of short-term behaviour.

[Londonproperty123]

In this Telegraph article from 2005, the planning permission took 9 years!

http://londonproperty123.blogspot.sg/2014/04/planning-permission-takes-9-years.html