planning policy

January 27, 2012 - Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled plans for a £659m ‘Airport City’ – the first of its kind in the UK – at the heart of the Manchester Airport Enterprise Zone, designated last year. more >

January 20, 2012 - The Coalition Government's localism agenda takes has taken a step forward. The Localism Act, which received Royal Assent in November 2011, takes power from central government and hands it back to local authorities and communities - giving them the freedom and flexibility to achieve their own ambitions, says Government. more >

January 16, 2012 - Communities Minister Baroness Hanham is asking people to vote out policies they think are the weakest links, in a drive to eliminate ineffective and unnecessary regulations from the country's housing laws. more >

January 12, 2012 - The Government’s decision to give the go ahead for High Speed 2 raises the important question about how this kind of investment can be linked in planning for housing and jobs and to rebalancing our economy. more >

January 9, 2012 - Proposals to develop the final phase of new homes on the former Park Prewett Hospital site near Basingstoke have received a boost after partners reached a deal to progress the project. more >

January 4, 2012 - The government has published its Local Government Finance Bill. The bill will introduce the Tax Increment Financing mechanism, which allows public bodies to borrow money to fund the infrastructure required to get a project off the ground against the anticipated uplift in business rates expected from that development. ... more >

January 4, 2012 - A default answer of 'yes' to development should be removed from the National Planning Policy Framework (NPFF) says the Communities and Local Government Committee in its review of the draft framework. more >

December 19, 2011 - Prime Minister David Cameron's Big Society policy is doomed to failure unless a dedicated minister is appointed to help end confusion and get smaller charities involved, MPs have warned. more >

December 12, 2011 - The HCA has urged community business leaders to prevent housing from being excluded from multi-million pound plans for economic growth. more >

December 12, 2011 - Local enterprise partnerships covering the UK's eight core cities outside London could become statutory consultees on planning applications under a menu of options revealed by deputy prime minister Nick Clegg. Clegg outlined a list of measures which cities could be granted in an attempt to devolve powers away from Whitehall, says the Centre for Cities. more >