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Planning for the future

by Councillor David Renard

The LGA has responded to the Government’s proposed planning reforms.

Categories features Tags planning

‘Keep public participation at heart of planning’

by The Editorial Team

The LGA has reiterated the need for new homes to be delivered through a planning system “with public participation at its heart”, after the Government announced proposals to reform the way the country builds.

Categories news Tags planning

Planning ‘does not prevent development’

by Councillor Marianne Overton MBE

August was dominated by new government proposals on planning, scene setting for a White Paper on recovery and reorganisation, and the school exams fiasco.

Categories comment, group leaders Tags planning

‘Keep planning local’

by The Editorial Team

As first was going to press, a policy paper was expected from the Government setting out its proposals to radically overhaul the planning system.

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‘Reform RTB to get new homes built’

by The Editorial Team

Desperately needed new social homes could go unbuilt unless the time that councils are given to spend money from Right to Buy sales is extended from three to five years, the LGA has warned.

Categories news Tags housing, planning
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Affordable homes lost to office conversions

by The Editorial Team

New LGA analysis has found that more than 13,500 affordable homes could have been lost in the past four years because of rules allowing offices to be converted into housing without planning permission

Categories news Tags housing, planning
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Local enterprise

by Councillor Abi Brown

Combining a strategic location with public and private investment and the story of a real place has helped create jobs and bring derelict land back into use.

Categories features Tags commercialisation, planning
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Delivering on sustainability

by Mayor Marvin Rees (Lab)

Bristol has been reviewing its progress against the United Nation’s sustainable development goals and has produced a handbook to help other councils with the process.

Categories features Tags environment, planning
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Concerns over planning reforms

by The Editorial Team

Developers will be able to extend buildings upwards without planning permission, under changes to permitted development rules announced by the Government.

Categories news Tags planning

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