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Report: Strategic planning bodies needed if duty to cooperate is scrapped

21.10.2020

Laura Edgar

A new approach to strategic planning requires the designation of strategic planning advisory bodies (SPAB), the key roles for which would be prescribed nationally, suggests a report.

How to replace the duty to cooperate

21.10.2020

Catriona Riddell

Scrapping the duty to cooperate is one proposal in Planning for the Future that seems to have almost unanimous support, writes Catriona Riddell, but what are the options for...

Unitary authorities best placed to harness planning reforms, says study

28.08.2020

Huw Morris

County Councils Network | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | UK

Proposals to reform England’s planning system point to a major reorganisation of local government to introduce more unitary authorities, according to a report.

County authorities should be the main vehicle for devolution, says CCN

04.08.2020

Laura Edgar

County 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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Why retirement communities should be classified

13.07.2020

David Williams

David Williams argues for the classification of retirement communities to deliver preventative-focused care in England

Planning classification required for retirement communities

13.07.2020

Laura Edgar

A report has suggested that the introduction of a planning classification for retirement communities could incentivise the development of them and make it easier for councils to include them in local plans.

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Priorities for the planning white paper

30.03.2020

Laura Edgar

Putting people at the heart of placemaking, the reintroduction of strategic planning, speeding up the planning system, and measures to mitigate the climate crisis have all been cited as priorities for the forthcoming planning white paper. It should also provide maximum clarity as soon as...

Return strategic planning to rural areas to ensure all benefit from a growing economy

05.03.2020

Peter French

County Councils Network | England | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | strategic planning

To level up the whole country, the government must give county authorities the tools to make a difference, says Peter French.

County councils should manage strategic planning, says report

05.03.2020

Laura Edgar

The government should consider how county authorities could take a 'more material role' in the strategic and spatial planning process, according to a report published today (5 March).

General election 2019: Built environment reaction to the Conservative victory

16.12.2019

Laura Edgar

The built environment sector has urged the new government to fund local authorities properly and to be bolder in addressing the climate crisis.

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