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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...

AI

AI is the greatest tool councils have at their disposal

By Alexander Iosad | 02 July 2025

By championing AI, councillors of all colours can put local authorities on the path to becoming e...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

Premium jobNewcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job

Newcastle City Council

Service Manager – Commercial Development

Up to £57,800 plus relocation package up to £8,000

We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council