England
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04.08.2020Combined authorities | County Councils Network | Development Management & Enforcement | elected mayors | England | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | Policy & Politics | spatial planningCounty councils should be given more powers to lead the recovery from Covid-19. The government’s forthcoming white paper on devolution should use county authorities as the ‘principle vehicle’ for further devolution deals to secure economic growth.
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03.08.2020England’s planning system is open to corruption through lobbying and local authorities lack the necessary safeguards to prevent it, according to research by Transparency International UK.
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03.08.2020country land and business association | Economic Growth | England | NPPF | Planning reform | Rural | rural economyThe needs of the rural economy should be a higher priority in the National Planning Policy Framework, argues Mark Bridgeman
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03.08.2020Reforms outlined by housing secretary Robert Jenrick have been broadly welcomed by the built environment industry, but they warn that quality must not be compromised.
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03.08.2020affordable housing | Development Management & Enforcement | digital planning | England | home ownership | Policy & Politics | Reforms | robert jenrickHousing secretary Robert Jenrick believes that England’s ‘outdated and cumbersome’ planning system has contributed to a ‘generational divide’ between those who own property and those who don’t.
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31.07.2020biodiversity | Birmingham | England | garden community | homes england | Infrastructure - Transport | offshore wind | west midlands combined authorityA round-up of planning news in England: 25 July-31 July, 2020
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29.07.2020Economic Growth | England | Infrastructure - Transport | infrastructure investment | national infrastructure strategyBetter coordination of local infrastructure projects, long-term tracking of performance and greater transparency of delivery is required or the government risks ‘squandering’ billions of pounds, according to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
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29.07.2020active travel | Boris Johnson | cycling | cycling infrastructure | England | grant shapps | Health | Infrastructure - Transport | walkingPrime Minister Boris Johnson has launched a cycling and walking plan that seeks to tackle the causes of ill health and build on increased numbers of people cycling during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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28.07.2020building and planning act | Coronavirus | England | permitted development rights | Policy & Politics | Use classesEngland’s interim chief planner, Dr Michael Bingham OBE, has written to local planning authorities to draw attention to the measures in the Business and Planning Act 2020 to address issues arising as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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28.07.2020District Councils’ Network | England | five-year housing land supply | Housing | housing delivery test | housing targetsThe District Councils’ Network (DCN) has called on the government to take a pragmatic approach to support councils and amend existing planning guidelines as planning authorities are concerned about delivering their housing targets owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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