Community Interest Companies (CICs) offer developers a different way of channelling benefits and planning gain to local communities.
PPS recently helped a wind farm developer transfer control of a CIC to the local community to manage and distribute a ‘Community Benefit Fund’.
At a time when public trust in politicians is at an all-time low, CICs could [...]
‘Investors in People’ is an internationally recognised quality standard which is designed to advance an organisation’s performance through its people. Achievement of the Standard demonstrates PPS’s commitment to developing its most important asset: our employees. Their hard work, enthusiasm and dedication are all essential factors in the company’s success.
Managing Director, Stephen Byfield, said: “This award is presented to companies [...]
Redrow Homes, a client of PPS, recently received outline planning permission from Kettering Borough Council for a mixed-use neighbourhood on land to the west of Barton Seagrave, near Kettering.
PPS was appointed by Redrow Homes after an initial planning application was refused at committee (despite a recommendation to approve), leading to a subsequent appeal process [...]
The tourism industry will need to engage with local communities in order to fit in with the Government’s sustainability agenda, and emerge from the downturn in good shape.
The current downturn is encouraging more people to look at holidaying closer to home, potentially giving the UK tourist industry a much needed boost. And while the Government [...]