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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
1w ago
BBC Northants Opposition parties have raised fears about devolution plans, following a split between the councils over the area. Both North and West Northamptonshire councils voted to go forward with a combined authority for the South Midlands. But Luton, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, who were initially part of the plans, have said they ..read more
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1w ago
Could he be any more deluded Guardian The environment secretary, Steve Reed, promised farmers on Thursday they would be able to build larger chicken sheds, but experts have said this would create “megafarms” and contribute to river pollution. “Planning rules have got in the way for too long. We will speed up the system so you ..read more
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2w ago
Performance art – dress up as a a miller – no windmill- as a fireman – no fire station – policemen – no police station. Making themselves look like total idiots. Very definition of not a planning matter. Not even a village with much heritage left. BBC ..read more
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1M ago
You will remember Wrexham cllrs threatened with jail if they didnt vote to adopt. Will require primary legislation to fix. No point in a vote – adoption should be automatic. The root problem was overreliance on secondary legislation to introduce binding reports – principle also applies in England . Richard Buxton Solicitors Court of Appeal ..read more
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1M ago
Im serious – does this make any sense in planning terms – costs a coming with guided precision and accuracy Brighton and Hove News A controversial technology company has lodged an appeal after it was refused planning permission to keep a temporary warehouse at its Brighton premises. The company, L3 Harris, wants to retain the ..read more
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1M ago
We will finmd out the details later today when the white paper is laid before parliament however Lots of questions. some unitaories e.g. East Sussex will be big enough to not need a staretgic plan above them, like Cornwall, North Yorkshire and Shropshire now and potentially East Sussex and several others in the future. Secondly ..read more
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1M ago
Manchester Evening News A court case means the future of Andy Burnham’s enormous, 15-year housing plan hangs in the balance. The Places for Everyone (PfE) plan is a blueprint for development across nine Greater Manchester boroughs which was adopted by every council except Stockport this year. It paves the way for tens of thousands of new homes to be ..read more
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1M ago
Standard Calls for the Government to build at least one new town inside the Greater London boundary have been issued by a major business group. BusinessLDN argues that the capital could serve as the perfect “test bed for the new towns policy, given it has the political framework, infrastructure links and range of potential sites needed to establish new settlements at ..read more
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1M ago
The new definition has two major changes here ‘a limited contribution to the five Green Belt purposes’ is replaced by ‘does not strongly contribute to any of purposes (a), (b), or (d) in paragraph 143.’ The first change would allow for release of sites moderately contributing – in any event possibly stromger than the current ..read more