Community Infrastucture Levy
Why not open up better channels with your parish colleagues in 2024?
The parish and principal council sectors need to work much better together to ensure the best possible outcomes for residents, writes Mark Smith.
Seriously flawed proposals
Ministers should drop the Infrastructure Levy and work with councils to improve the current system, says Cllr Darren Rodwell.
Levelling up Bill heads to Lords
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will head to the House of Lords after weeks of haggling between minister and backbenchers.
Former Tory minister urges changes to Levelling Up Bill
Deprived areas could be ‘left further behind’ as a result of planning changes in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, a former Tory minister has said.
County threatens districts with legal action
A county council has threatened legal action against district authorities over funding for infrastructure.
Pincher defends planning reforms
The Government’s revised proposals for planning reforms will seek to make the system more accessible, transparent and predictable, housing minister Christopher Pincher told peers today.
Jenrick launches plans to kickstart housing market
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has restarted the housing market as part of the Government’s plans to ease lockdown.
Go big or go home
Chair of the UK2070 Commission into spatial inequalities Lord Bob Kerslake says everyone will lose if we fail to tackle the widening productivity and wealth gap.
Putting community at the heart of decision-making
Cllr Jonathan Slater and James Lee talk to Ann McGauran about Lewisham LBC’s Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy strategy, and what makes it unique.
A fighting chance to support development
Changes to how the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) can be used came into effect this month - and should give councils better opportunities to deliver infrastructure effectively to support development, say Tiffany Cloynes and Natalie Harries.