Call for caution over land value capture reform
PLANNING

Call for caution over land value capture reform

By Martin Ford | 23 April 2025

Experts have urged against wholesale reform of developer contributions despite the flaws within the current system.

HOUSING

Communities will judge us on the number of homes built

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 23 April 2025

If councils are given teeth to prevent land-banking and slow build-out rates they can help ensure...

PLANNING

Councils click into the future of planning

22 April 2025

Planning in 2025 is no longer business as usual. The pace is faster, the demands are higher, and ...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Watchdog gives go ahead to regional energy strategies

By Emily Twinch | 07 April 2025

Utilities watchdog Ofgem has given the go ahead for regions to draw up energy strategies that wil...

PLANNING

New towns: Practical strategies for success

By Patrick Clarke | 01 April 2025

Patrick Clarke explores the approach local authorities will need to take to create viable new tow...

FINANCE

Raising revenue the coastal way

By Anthony Rogers | 24 March 2025

Lake Pier has a long and important history, and BCP Council used the Community Infrastructure Lev...

PLANNING

Planning a clearer path

By Duncan Flynn | 18 March 2025

Duncan Flynn looks at what the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will do for economic growth, and ...

DEVOLUTION

Mayors call for 'further and faster' devolution

By Martin Ford | 28 February 2025

Mayors in the north of England are demanding the Government goes ‘further and faster’ with devolu...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Shadow minister: levelling up 'would take decades'

By Martin Ford | 28 February 2025

The last Conservative government failed to articulate the long-term nature of its levelling up po...

REGENERATION

At the heart of the Ox-Cams arc

By Cllr Peter Marland | 24 February 2025

Milton Keynes is more than just a commuter town for the Ox-Cams arc, says Cllr Pete Marland, it i...

FINANCE

Having your cake and eating it

By Michael Burton | 18 February 2025

As ministers struggle to find capital from the cash-strapped public finances to deliver infrastru...

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Director Highways, Transport & Waste Management

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Deputy Director for Education and Inclusion

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