CLIMATE CHANGE

COP26 - Local approaches to net-zero offer 'vast potential'

09 November 2021

Local approaches to taking action on net-zero could offer ‘vast potential to deliver a holistic g...

HEALTH

Putting districts firmly in the spotlight

By Martin Ford | 02 November 2021

There’s a new direction at the District Councils’ Network as Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen and James Hoo...

WHITEHALL

Pincher defends planning reforms

By Chris Mahony | 02 November 2021

The Government’s revised proposals for planning reforms will seek to make the system more accessi...

PLANNING

Ombudsman launches planning probe

By Dan Peters | 01 November 2021

The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman has launched an investigation into how a council d...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Government must engage with councils on climate action

By Martin Ford | 29 October 2021

MPs have called for the Government to ‘immediately’ begin working with councils on setting out th...

WHITEHALL

Place making and net-zero 'key tenets' in planning reforms

22 October 2021

Place making, net-zero and good design will be priorities for the Government's planning reforms, ...

WHITEHALL

Gove: Planning reform not off the agenda

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2021

New housing secretary Michael Gove has warned councillors that the idea of reforming the planning...

HEALTH

Building quality of life

By Sadie Morgan OBE | 20 October 2021

Sadie Morgan explains the role of the built environment on our health and wellbeing, and how plan...

ENVIRONMENT

Improving flood resilience together

By Giles Stevens | 12 October 2021

Giles Stevens says the National Infrastructure Commission is awaiting details of how the national...

PLANNING

How to build communities

By Jonathan Werran | 05 October 2021

We need a long-term approach to investing in housing and placemaking that puts the needs of commu...