WHITEHALL

Gove backs Ofsted-style development ratings

By Mark Conrad | 20 June 2023

An Ofsted-style rating system for proposed developments that could be used to help determine plan...

WHITEHALL

Councils call for ministers to think 'more radically' on short-term lets

By Mark Conrad | 20 June 2023

Whitehall proposals to regulate short-term holiday lets fail to deliver what is needed to tackle ...

PLANNING

Addressing the NIMBY challenge

By Michael Burton | 19 June 2023

How can we persuade communities to accept that more housing, sensitively placed, is in their inte...

PLANNING

If the reading of opinion is faulty, nothing gets done

By Ben Page | 19 June 2023

Public preference and tolerance is commonly underestimated and misunderstood, and we need more le...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Labour in planning pledge

By Mark Conrad | 19 June 2023

Labour has pledged to tackle planning hurdles preventing the development of renewable projects to...

PLANNING

Review uncovers 'gross incompetence' at Renfrewshire

By Martin Ford | 16 June 2023

Renfrewshire Council has been accused of ‘gross incompetence’ by an independent review after leav...

PLANNING

That Bill and the dead hand of centralism

By Ian Miller | 12 June 2023

Such new powers as councils are given are limited either on the face of the Levelling Up and Rege...

WHITEHALL

Boris urges Gove to 'accelerate' levelling up Bill

By Paul Marinko | 06 June 2023

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on local government secretary Michael Gove to ‘acc...

PLANNING

The Government should establish a Net Zero Delivery Authority

By Wera Hobhouse | 06 June 2023

The Government needs to unleash local authorities in the fight against the climate crisis, says L...

PLANNING

Design codes: what are they and why do they matter? 

By Ruth Richardson | 04 June 2023

A design code is a set of requirements that provide parameters for the development of a site or a...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Economy

£95,050 - £105,438 plus relocation package

This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Legal (Monitoring Officer)

£73,755-82,065 plus relocation package

This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Transport Strategy

£59,057 - £65,296

Join our new organisation as Head of Transport Strategy to connect a whole region for transformational impact. Apply for this job

East Midlands Combined County Authority