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‘Suck it and see’: community infrastructure levy experiment will test viability
This is not a sentiment expressed much in the property press, but I will state it anyway: pity the poor planning officers working on a new development plan.
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Draft planning framework should be adopted — fast
When it came to town and country planning, the government set off like a train last spring and summer, scattering regional strategies, back garden developments, “Dear chief planner …” letters and “powerful incentives” to the winds.Much heralded were the New Homes Bonus, a bonfire of guidance and slimmed-down planning. New…
Speak up Pickles: tell us nimbys cannot block developments
Whatever anyone might think of Eric Pickles, he is an astute performer in a public forum
Comment: Here’s my wishlist for the National Planning Framework, says Ian Tant
Well that’s it. The deadline for comments on the scope of the National Planning Framework has passed and the government should now have all it needs to finalise its drafting.
The government’s putting planning in local hands, but who wants it? asks Ian Tant
So the Localism Bill is finally with us, and a complex piece of draft legislation it is too