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PLANNING
Questions over council land purchase proposals
By Martin Ford | 30 May 2023
Labour's proposed legislation would allow councils to buy land at agricultural values using compu...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Enfield urged to invest in planning
By Mark Conrad | 22 May 2023
Enfield LBC has been urged to divert more resources to its planning department to clear a backlog...
FINANCE
Concern over community land auction plan
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2023
A scheme designed to put land value windfalls in council coffers has caused alarm in the House of...
WHITEHALL
Labour pledges to reinstate housing targets
By Dan Peters | 17 May 2023
A Labour Government would reinstate housebuilding targets after a Conservative U-turn brought pro...
ENVIRONMENT
The power of redevelopment
By Paul Martin | 16 May 2023
What can local authorities learn from the stunning redevelopment of Battersea Power Station? Paul...
PLANNING
Gove in planning intervention threat
By Mark Conrad | 15 May 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove has threatened intervention across nine underperforming c...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The ABC election
By Duncan Flynn | 12 May 2023
In his elections round-up, Duncan Flynn says the Conservatives not only lost badly, their pre-ele...
PLANNING
Lessons we have learned from last week's elections
By Heather Jameson | 11 May 2023
There are a few lessons from this year’s local elections, says Heather Jameson: 'There is no room...
FINANCE
LGA warns planning fees hike is no panacea
By Martin Ford | 09 May 2023
Increasing planning fees across the board will not fix problems in the system, the Government has...
PLANNING
Compulsory purchase changes a 'slippery slope'
By Martin Ford | 04 May 2023
A row has broken out in the House of Lords over proposed changes to compulsory purchase orders (C...
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Director of Customer, Digital and Corporate Strategy
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