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PLANNING
'Inefficient' planning costs UK millions of homes
By William Eichler | 22 February 2023
The UK is missing more than four million homes due to its ‘inefficient’ and ‘outdated’ planning l...
PLANNING
The National Planning Policy Framework could be a move in the right direction
By Gill Kneller | 21 February 2023
East Hampshire faces a double whammy of issues on centrally-imposed housing targets, says Gill Kn...
PLANNING
Fighting for freedom
By Ann McGauran | 21 February 2023
The District Councils’ Network conference takes place this week. Ann McGauran talks to those who ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local government in the Land of the Long White Cloud
By Alex Parmley | 15 February 2023
Alex Parmley offers a leadership perspective from a district council in New Zealand, where local ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
The right environment for interim resource?
By Kathryn Reed | 15 February 2023
Kathryn Reed outlines the opportunities and challenges for place based services in 2023. With env...
WHITEHALL
Calls for renewed effort to tackle planning 'image problem'
By Dan Peters | 14 February 2023
Calls have been made for a renewed effort to attract more planners into the profession as it cont...
PLANNING
Election headaches lie ahead
By Ian Miller | 08 February 2023
The requirement to produce voter ID in May 2023 and new rules about handing in postal votes in 20...
PLANNING
Concerns over future housing supply
By Martin Ford | 19 January 2023
Experts have shared doubts over the Government’s approach to planning reform.
PLANNING
Food feud fizzles out
18 January 2023
Regular Diary readers will be familiar with TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s run-in with locals and...
ENVIRONMENT
Local net zero push held back by Government, review finds
By Martin Ford | 13 January 2023
Local authorities’ efforts to achieve net zero are being held back, according to a Government-com...
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