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Planning for the Future: Infrastructure levy poses more questions than answers

24.08.2020

The government’s mooted infrastructure levy is full of tantalising possiblities but – as yet – too light on detail for anyone to properly assess how it will function, says Julia Berry

Planning for the Future: More transparency for developer contributions or flawed again?

10.08.2020

Laura Edgar

The infrastructure levy seeks to consolidate section 106 agreements and the community infrastructure levy (CIL) in the hope that it makes the developer contribution system more responsive. Laura Edgar reports

Westferry decision was ‘consistent with department policy’, says Jenrick

22.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has told a meeting of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (HCLGC) that his decision to grant planning permission for a 1,524-home scheme on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets was consistent with department policy and...

Planning during a pandemic - the CIL regime

09.07.2020

Julia Berry

Some form of CIL relief wiil go a long way to kickstarting development in the wake of Covid-19, says Julia Berry

Legal landscape: Planning during a pandemic - the CIL regime

27.05.2020

Julia Berry

The coronavirus pandemic is playing havoc with the community infrastructure lecy charging regime and presenting developers and local authorities with a series of difficult dilemmas. The time is right for an...

Planning reform: Plenty to think about, but more detail required

17.03.2020

Alex Ground

Ahead of a planning white paper, communities secretary Robert Jenrick has floated a number of potential reforms to English planning in the form of a new report, Planning for the future. Alex Ground of...

Legal landscape: CIL reform – will it work?

08.11.2019

Kate Ashworth

Recent reforms to the developer infrastructure contributions system fall short of the major overhaul needed, says Kate Ashworth

New CIL rules come into force

02.09.2019

Laura Edgar

cil | Community Infrastructure Levy | England | esther mcvey | Policy & Politics

Updated Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) rules, which mean that communities will be able to see what developer contributions are spent on, have come into force.

Stonehouse Action project in Union Street, Plymouth

Case study: Following the crowd

18.06.2019

Rachel Masker

A groundbreaking civic crowdfunding initiative in Plymouth won this year’s Silver Jubilee Cup at the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence. Rachel Masker looks at the pioneering project

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Guidance issued to ensure developers pay for education facilities

11.04.2019

Laura Edgar

cil | England | Policy & Politics | schools | section 106

The government has published guidance to help local authorities to secure funding from housing developers so they can provide for the school places required for new development.

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