Budget

Government announces biggest changes to building safety ‘in a generation’

07.04.2020

Martin Read

Last month the government issued a document, Planning for the Future listing the publications and legislation it would be...

News in brief: Budget to be held in March; Funding available for active travel in Scotland

07.01.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 7 January, 2020

Budget 2018: City and growth deals make waves across the patch

01.11.2018

Roger Milne

Belfast | belfast city deal | Budget | Economic Growth | Northern Ireland

Belfast Region City Deal partners have welcomed news of £350 million investment from the UK Treasury as one of the elements of this week’s Budget.

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Budget 2018: Boost for North Wales growth deal and M4 relief road

01.11.2018

Roger Milne

The UK Government commits £120 million to allow a North Wales Growth Deal to proceed, the third such initiative to be agreed in Wales. The commitment came as part of Monday’s Budget announcements.

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Budget 2018: Questions over high street measures

30.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Questions have arisen about whether measures to improve the high street and help it adapt in the face of the growing online offer are enough. They are though, a start, the industry has said.

News in brief: City deals across the UK feature in the Budget; Brownfield site to be redeveloped in Banbury

30.10.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 30 October, 2018

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Budget 2018: Cash injection to unlock housing across England

29.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Chancellor Philip Hammond increases the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) by £500 million to £5.5 billion as he announces a raft of measures to improve the housing market.

Turley urges Hammond to boost housing delivery in Budget

25.10.2018

Huw Morris

Budget | England | Housing | philip hammond

Chancellor Philip Hammond should include key reforms for boosting house building in next week’s Budget including a revamped method for calculating housing need, says planning consultancy Turley.

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RTPI: Local authorities should be able to raise planning fees to cover costs

03.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Budget | England | Housing | planning fees | RTPI

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, the RTPI has reiterated to the chancellor that local authorities in England should be allowed to raise planning fees to cover the entire costs of the planning application function.

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Quartermain: Revised NPPF to be published in draft in spring

31.01.2018

Laura Edgar

A letter to England’s local authorities from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) chief planner states that the government intends to publish a draft revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) before Easter.

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