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ASYLUM
Epping asylum hotel injunction overturned
By Martin Ford | 29 August 2025
A temporary injunction banning use of the Bell Hotel in Epping to accommodate asylum seekers has been overturned.
LEGAL
'Political' motivation behind Epping hotel injunction
By Martin Ford | 28 August 2025
Epping Forest DC sought an injunction banning the use of the Bell Hotel to accommodate asylum see...
PLANNING
'Quiet majority' favour local development
By Martin Ford | 21 August 2025
Councils have been urged to consult more widely on planning applications after newly-published re...
LEGAL
Farage: Put pressure on councils to follow Epping Forest
By Dan Peters | 19 August 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has urged people to 'put pressure' on councils to go to court after...
PLANNING
District plea over planning powers
By Neil Merrick | 13 August 2025
District councils have appealed to ministers not to leave them out of planning decisions once fre...
HOUSING
Barnet has housebuilding nailed
By Cath Shaw | 08 August 2025
Barnet is one of the few London boroughs to hit its housing growth targets and its £8bn Brent Cro...
HOUSING
Create a strategic planning system that is long-term and consistent
By Simon Edwards | 31 July 2025
Allowing mayors the ability to rewrite spatial development strategies prepared by councils runs o...
PLANNING
Planning for the future of planning
By Dr Wei Yang | 24 July 2025
Dr Wei Yang presents the case for investing in tools that improve transparency, efficiency and in...
PLANNING
Slough speeds into the thriving zone
By Will Tuckley | 16 July 2025
Slough’s Simplified Planning Zone shows how the need for a flourishing local economy can be compa...
GOVERNANCE
Clampdown on committees
By Kathy O'Leary | 09 July 2025
Kathy O’Leary questions the thinking behind the abolition of the committee system
LGA CONFERENCE
Proud to serve the sector
By Louise Gittins | 03 July 2025
Writing in LGA Conference week, newly re-elected chair Cllr Louise Gittins reflects on the Govern...
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