ECONOMIC GROWTH

Not quite levelling up

By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 28 March 2023

Former Stevenage BC leader, now Labour Peer, Sharon Taylor says ministers should use the Easter r...

WHITEHALL

Bid to give local plans primacy over national policies resisted

By Paul Marinko | 28 March 2023

The Government has resisted efforts in the House of Lords to give local planning proposals primac...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Glasgow seeks more powers

By Martin Ford | 28 March 2023

Glasgow is to formally approach Holyrood and Westminster for more powers to help revitalise its c...

ENVIRONMENT

Councils to get more powers over anti-social behaviour

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2023

Councils will be handed extra powers alongside increased accountability for tackling anti-social ...

WHITEHALL

Councils need the power to set fees

By Ian Miller | 20 March 2023

While the DCN welcomes the proposed increases to planning fees, what councils need is the power t...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Planning for resilience

By Sandy Forsyth | 08 March 2023

Localis’s Sandy Forsyth outlines the case for a national plan to ensure place-based best practice...

PLANNING

A solid plan for planning

By Sir Bob Neill | 07 March 2023

Sir Bob Neill examines how a consultation on increasing planning fees will set in motion long-las...

HUMAN RESOURCES

District leaders welcome proposed planning fee boost

By William Eichler | 01 March 2023

District council leaders have welcomed a proposal that could increase planning fees to help over-...

PLANNING

Market place madness

01 March 2023

Billingsgate and Smithfield markets are on the move to Dagenham Dock.

WHITEHALL

Charting the lost decade

By Michael Burton | 01 March 2023

Economist Paul Johnson pulls no punches in his new book on the public finances which charts Gover...

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frederica-diamanta

Housing Assurance Service Manager

£55,675 - £56,649

We’re building a brand-new assurance team in our Homes & Neighbourhoods service Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Director of Planning and Economy

£104,464 (plus generous pension and benefits)

Southend-on-Sea is one of the UK’s newest cities, and this is a fascinating time to join us as we shape our future. Apply for this job

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Team Manager & Senior Lawyer - Commercial & Contracts

£55,997- £63,189 per annum

Warwickshire Legal Services is growing. Apply for this job

Warwickshire County Council