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WHITEHALL
Truss backs fiscal devolution
By Dan Peters | 08 February 2019
Chief secretary to the Treasury, Liz Truss, has given her backing to further fiscal devolution.
PLANNING
Planning system 'underperforming'
By William Eichler | 08 February 2019
The Government’s planning system is ‘underperforming’ and struggling to deliver on its aim of bui...
JAMES BROKENSHIRE
Brokenshire to intervene over 'lamentable' failures to publish local plans
By William Eichler | 05 February 2019
Communities secretary James Brokenshire has written to Wirral MBC and Thanet DC warning them that...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Councils should have a planner in top team
04 February 2019
Cuts to planning authority budgets have left them unable to compete with the private sector for t...
PLANNING
Austerity undermines planners ability to 'serve public interest' - report
By William Eichler | 04 February 2019
Government cuts have eroded the ability of planners to think strategically and to ‘serve the publ...
WHITEHALL
Council to take legal action over Local Plan delay
By Dan Peters | 31 January 2019
Stevenage BC will request a judicial review as the Government continues to hold up its Local Plan.
PLANNING
New year, new council homes
By Matthew Bennett | 29 January 2019
Later this year the first four MetroHomes will be built in Lambeth – a housing approach that us...
PLANNING
A quarter of councils yet to submit a Local Plan
By Laura Sharman | 24 January 2019
A quarter of local authorities have yet to submit a Local Plan six years after being required to ...
WHITEHALL
Work to begin on new planning register
By Naomi Larsson | 14 January 2019
Work is being started on a new project to bring together data on planning applications from all c...
PLANNING
Councils approve planning applications at 'fastest rate' in a decade
By William Eichler | 04 January 2019
Local authorities are approving planning applications at their fastest rate in over a decade, a h...
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This is an exciting time to join the Kirklees Council Development Management team. Apply for this job
Resource Manager
Grade 12 35 hours, Permanent
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Apply for this job
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
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