Eric Pickles tells the CBI how planning system will change to help business deliver growth.
Below is an extract from his speech to the CBI, 21 March 2011
I think the Department – like many others – hasn’t paid enough attention to business in the past.
But things are very different now.
One of the first things I did [...]
Following the completion of the Committee Stage of the Localism Bill in the House of Commons, the updated version of the Bill can be reviewed at:
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-public-bill-office/2010-11/compared-bills/Localism-bill-110314.pdf
There are no substantive changes to the Bill after two months of detailed debate in Committee.
What the Localism Bill means for Midlands development – 23.03.11
Join BPF Chief Executive Liz Peace at this evening seminar and networking reception to discuss the complexities of the Bill and its impact on development in the Midlands.
Mike Best of Turley Associates and Andrew Round, Planning and Development Manager at Birmingham City Council, will also speak at this [...]
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, speculates that the government’s need to maintain economic performance could yet scupper some of the more ambitious localism plans.
The problem with being a reforming Government is that, once in power, the need to govern can temper the zeal for reform.
That’s what happened in Mrs Thatcher’s first [...]