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Regional aid in danger of running out without post-Brexit replacement

08.07.2019

Huw Morris

Brexit | ESIF | lga | Policy & Politics | UK

Up to £5.3 billion in regional aid funding will run out in 18 months unless the government acts quickly and puts replacement arrangements in place for when the UK leaves the EU.

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RTPI tells councils to put chief planners in charge of decision-making

02.07.2019

Laura Edgar

The RTPI has urged chief executives at local councils in England to ‘elevate’ their chief planning officer or head of planning to the most senior level of decision-making in the corporate structure.

Permitted development for home extensions comes into force

28.05.2019

Laura Edgar

The extension of permitted development rights to allow homeowners to extend their properties without a full planning application – as well as high street conversions to offices and homes – has come into permanent effect.

Labour would scrap commercial to residential PD rights

24.04.2019

Laura Edgar

The next Labour government would put an end to the policy that sees commercial spaces converted into residential units without going through the full planning process.

Future Places programme participants / press release

Five areas to take part in placemaking programme

13.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Bradford, Greater Exeter, Great Yarmouth, Gateshead and North Northamptonshire have been named as participants in a new programme to recognise and support high-quality placemaking in England.

Building social housing could have saved £1.8bn in rent

18.02.2019

Laura Edgar

New analysis suggests that £1.8 billion would have been cut from the housing benefit bill had the government built 100,000 social rent homes in each of the past 20 years.

Money announced for housing on public sector sites

14.02.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | jobs | lga | public sector land

The latest round of the government’s One Public Estate programme has been announced, with more than 100 local public sector partnerships set to receive a share of £15 million.

More than 150,000 social rent homes lost in six years

07.02.2019

Laura Edgar

Over the past six years more than 165,000 homes for social rent have been lost in England. This breaks down to 140,828 council homes and 57,869 housing association homes.

Rough sleeping rises in London

31.01.2019

Laura Edgar

The number of people sleeping in London increased by 13 per cent (146 people) in 2018. In the rest of England there were 220 (6 per cent) fewer people recorded as sleeping rough.

Commission calls for 20-year social housing programme

08.01.2019

Laura Edgar

A call has been issued today (8 January) for the government to build 3.1 million new homes over a 20-year period. The programme would extend the offer of social housing to more people.

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