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FINANCE

Planning inquiry leaves council with six-figure bill

By Martin Ford | 27 April 2021

Rother DC has been ordered to pay costs amounting to six-figures after failing to fend off a plan...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Leading from the front on the ecological emergency

By Trevor Nicoll | 20 April 2021

South Cambridgeshire DC has signed up to a vision of doubling nature by 2050, with its partners i...

FINANCE

Planners back districts to keep homes bonus

By Heather Jameson | 12 April 2021

Planners have backed district councils to keep the lion’s share of New Homes Bonus (NHB) in respo...

PLANNING

Build back beautiful

By Sir Bob Neill | 08 April 2021

A new report puts forward a hyper-local approach to overcoming the housing crisis, with councils ...

PLANNING

Councils speak out over controversial planning laws

By William Eichler | 31 March 2021

Councils have stressed they continue to need to have a voice in the planning process as new laws ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Planning for climate power

23 March 2021

A new report from APSE Energy looks at the practical ways in which the power of planning can be h...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Labour calls for council powers to intervene in high streets

By Martin Ford | 25 February 2021

Proposals for councils to take over empty shops and a ‘wholesale reform’ of business rates have b...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Can logistics deliver a greener, more sustainable recovery in the capital?

By Robin Woodbridge | 12 February 2021

Robin Woodbridge lays out the arguments for refocusing on industrial development in London, inclu...

PLANNING

Councils are key to our climate goals

By Paul O'Brien | 02 February 2021

There is universal agreement that climate change targets can’t be achieved if councils are exclud...

PLANNING

Mandarins told of planning overhaul 'outrage'

By Martin Ford | 29 January 2021

The Planning White Paper came in for heavy criticism as two Marsham Street officials addressed an...

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Service Director: Finance (s.151)

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Strong and well-managed finances underpin everything we want to achieve. Apply for this job

Plymouth City Council

Alternative Provision Specialist Lead

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