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PLANNING
Housebuilding at risk from planning reforms
By Martin Ford | 14 July 2023
Dropping local housing targets is endangering the Government’s commitment to build 300,000 homes ...
WHITEHALL
Downing Street to wade into nutrient neutrality row
By Dan Peters | 10 July 2023
No10 is expected to wade into the row between councils and conservation agency Natural England, T...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Opportunity knocks for the sector
27 June 2023
Ahead of next week’s Local Government Association (LGA) annual conference in Bournemouth, The MJ ...
WHITEHALL
Council loses asylum appeal
By Mark Conrad | 26 June 2023
Braintree DC has lost its appeal against Government plans to house asylum seekers on a former air...
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...
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Director of People Services
£106,305 - £116,305
This pivotal leadership role will drive the development and delivery of our People Strategy Apply for this job
Service Manager – Quality Assurance & Practice Development
£54,994 - £62,777 per annum
Lead excellence in social work practice and help shape continuous improvement across Children’s Services. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
c.£235,000
In April 2027, West Surrey Council will become one of England's largest new unitary authorities Apply for this job
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