After months of waiting we finally have the first definition of what will be meant by the government’s new presumption in favour of sustainable development.
The wording published this week is as follows:
There is a presumption in favour of sustainable development at the heart of the planning system, which should be central to the approach taken [...]
This year celebrates the 5th anniversary of Property Week’s RESI conference series. In addition to exhibiting, PPS will also be hosting a ‘localism clinic’ at the event on Friday 16th September.
PPS Group has been delivering localism compliant work for residential, retail and commercial developers for over 20 years. This session is designed to cover the realities [...]
The hotly anticipated waste review was finally published by DEFRA today with Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman addressing the industry CIWM conference this afternoon to outline some of her department’s thinking.
The reaction to the review from industry has in the main been disappointing due to the lack of anything new being announced. In fact you could [...]
The Waste Review is likely to be published in the coming weeks. Below, PPS Group’s head of waste & resources, Rebecca Eatwell discusses what she expects the review to contain.
One of the main issues for the industry remains planning and I would hope to see the review tackling this. It will be interesting to see whether there is any [...]