For major #developments #PlanningUK is broken.

Here is a high-profile example from central #London but similar examples are floundering in many large towns & cities.

That's not to say the proposed designs are always the best, because the lack of partnership with #LocalCommunities condemns #architects and #planners to play pass-the-parcel with #PlanningGuidance treated as #PlanningRules.

https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2023/12/03/new-entrance-to-london-bridge-station-scrapped-as-development-blocked/