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After the unprecedented build-up to the Autumn Budget, it was notably quiet on property transaction reform. Speculation around Stamp Duty changes and first time buyer incentives came to nothing, while the headline housing measure – the new High Value Council Tax Surcharge on homes worth over £2m – will not take effect until April 2028. ...

LRG has published its first ever Sales Report – Property Pricing in a Pragmatic Market – written by PNPR. The Autumn 2025 publication marks the start of a quarterly series that will examine the dynamics of the residential property sales market across England and Wales. Timed ahead of the November Budget, the report combines national...

Every year, World Town Planning Day offers a moment to reflect on the power of planning – how it shapes the places we live, supports growth, tackles environmental challenges and builds community. For PNPR, much of our work involves communicating complex planning issues to professional audiences, and so we like to take the opportunity to ...

In August, a flurry of headlines suggested that the Chancellor was preparing to announce a new property tax to replace Stamp Duty. The Treasury quickly sought to mitigate any potential damage, stating that no such reform was imminent, but the story had already taken hold. Newspapers speculated about the likely form of the new levy, ...

PNPR handles the PR for the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) and also three planning consultancies among many others. This combination of clients (along with our work for LRG’s New Homes and Portfolio Sales teams) gives us a unique insight into how future leasehold reform (the potential replacement of leasehold with commonhold) interplays with ...

PNPR has been doing PR for Boyer since 2021 and as the planning consultancy celebrates its 40th birthday, I’ve been looking back on a fascinating four years. We’ve covered the big themes shaping planning and development – from Green Belt and new towns to housing delivery, environmental policy, design, devolution and funding. And alongside that, ...

Opposing factors and risks are common to public participation: the very notion that developers bring change to established local communities; the wide-ranging views which exist within a community; the sentiment of those wary of engagement and exponents of it. Significant time and financial resources are expended with no guarantee that the investment will be realised, ...

There are many different facets to community relations during construction which will be addressed in later blogs. This first blog on the subject concerns the vital role of resident liaison. It goes without saying that local residents will be more positively engaged with a development team and less critical of it if their locality is ...

With pre-planning consultation complete and planning consent won, a significant amount of public participation has been accomplished. But as the project moves into the construction phase, community engagement too enters a new phase. Inclusive and engaging consultation creates a foundation for the next stage of public participation. But rather than a continuation of the work ...

People and planning are inseparable: planning exists to create well-functioning spaces for people, to enable social, economic and environmental priorities to shape places and to protect the natural and cultural heritage for future generations. As such planning is intrinsically linked to individuals’ homes, sense of place and local identity – and consultation, as the means ...

The significant scope of property sectors featured in my book Promoting Property:  insight, experience and best practice demonstrates the wide-ranging and fascinating nature of the property industry: from varying property assets such as commercial to luxury residential; from the differing impact of proptech and interior design; or the knowledge required to promote an emerging community ...

Many decades-old PR tactics (from hard copy fact files and mail-merged press releases to the all-day lunch) are now obsolete and a multitude of nascent tools are gaining prominence. But research is the enduring PR tool for the property consultancy. (Researchers will argue, quite rightly that research is not a PR tool: that most research ...