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Chris Hicks, CgMs

Planning: county and local authorities thrash out housing allocations

11 February 00

The DETR household projections for Hampshire for 1991-2016 show an expected increase of 190,000 homes. As part of the government’s new ‘plan, monitor and manage’ philosophy. the London and South East Regional Planning Conference (SERPLAN) proposes that the Hampshire authorities provide a minimum of 130,300 dwellings.That Hampshire is reluctant to…

Development and planning

14 May 99

One of the government's policy initiatives has been to place a greater emphasis on regionalism. Gone are the separate Government Offices for Merseyside and Manchester – there is now one Regional Office. In February, the government issued a consultation paper (PPG11), which set out proposals for placing greater responsibility on…