BUSINESS

Business leaders make planning plea

By Paul Marinko | 14 June 2021

Business leaders have demanded ‘properly resourced and upskilled local planning departments’ so c...

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District urges Government to rethink Stansted Airport expansion plans

By Laura Sharman | 11 June 2021

The Planning Inspectorate’s decision to allow an appeal over the expansion of Stansted Airport ha...

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MPs call for councils to be given more powers to tackle 'land banking'

By William Eichler | 10 June 2021

Local authorities should be granted more powers to act where developers are too slow in completin...

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Local heroes

08 June 2021

Statues are a tricky business these days. Back in the day, Diary used to happily wander past a pl...

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A flexible future for workspaces and town centres

By Brendon Walsh | 08 June 2021

Brendon Walsh says that - while an increasingly hybrid approach to work will reshape our centres ...

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Call for holiday homes clampdown

By Martin Ford | 08 June 2021

Council leaders in Wales are asking for new powers and stricter taxation on holiday lets.

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Ocado loses High Court battle against Islington

08 June 2021

Online supermarket Ocado has lost a High Court battle against Islington LBC over the use of a sto...

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Planning centre of excellence proposed

By Martin Ford | 03 June 2021

The recommendation is part of proposals to improve the planning process in a report by infrastruc...

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Community involvement in town centres – supporting local people to do more

By Claire Harding | 28 May 2021

Government should rethink the powers available to local authorities to work with their communitie...

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400,000 homes could be built on greenfield, says CPRE

By Michael Burton | 25 May 2021

More than 400,000 new houses could be built in greenfield sites in the south of England over the ...