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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 | 13 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...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Water scarcity: an increasing barrier to building
By Natalie Brahma-Pearl | 30 May 2023
Natalie Brahma-Pearl says water scarcity is the latest issue created by the climate emergency and...
PLANNING
Questions over council land purchase proposals
By Martin Ford | 30 May 2023
Labour's proposed legislation would allow councils to buy land at agricultural values using compu...
Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
Assistant Director, Strategic Property
circa £120,000
This exciting property leadership role combines commercial, civic, and heritage asset management Apply for this job
Chief Executive
circa £150,000
We embrace the opportunities presented by reorganisation and devolution across the region. Apply for this job
Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
Assistant Director, Strategic Property
circa £120,000
This exciting property leadership role combines commercial, civic, and heritage asset management Apply for this job
Chief Executive
circa £150,000
We embrace the opportunities presented by reorganisation and devolution across the region. Apply for this job
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