Planning

By Cllr Darren Rodwell | 17 July 2023

Ministers should drop the Infrastructure Levy and work with councils to improve the current syste...

Housebuilding at risk from planning reforms

By Martin Ford | 14 July 2023

Dropping local housing targets is endangering the Government’s commitment to build 300,000 homes ...

WHITEHALL

Downing Street to wade into nutrient neutrality row

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2023

No10 is expected to wade into the row between councils and conservation agency Natural England, T...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Opportunity knocks for the sector

27 June 2023

Ahead of next week’s Local Government Association (LGA) annual conference in Bournemouth, The MJ ...

WHITEHALL

Council loses asylum appeal

By Mark Conrad | 26 June 2023

Braintree DC has lost its appeal against Government plans to house asylum seekers on a former air...

WHITEHALL

Gove backs Ofsted-style development ratings

By Mark Conrad | 20 June 2023

An Ofsted-style rating system for proposed developments that could be used to help determine plan...

WHITEHALL

Councils call for ministers to think 'more radically' on short-term lets

By Mark Conrad | 20 June 2023

Whitehall proposals to regulate short-term holiday lets fail to deliver what is needed to tackle ...

PLANNING

Addressing the NIMBY challenge

By Michael Burton | 19 June 2023

How can we persuade communities to accept that more housing, sensitively placed, is in their inte...

PLANNING

If the reading of opinion is faulty, nothing gets done

By Ben Page | 19 June 2023

Public preference and tolerance is commonly underestimated and misunderstood, and we need more le...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Labour in planning pledge

By Mark Conrad | 19 June 2023

Labour has pledged to tackle planning hurdles preventing the development of renewable projects to...

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Registered Short Break Home Manager

£55,979.00, Grade 13

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Wakefield Council's Children's Services for a Short Break Registered Manager. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Strategic Lead Safe and Strong Communities - WMF3010e

£55,119 - £57,362

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Strategic Lead with significant experience in community services Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Assistant Director of Housing

£99,816 per annum

Our vision for Rotherham is that we come together as a community Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council