Contributors from the public and private sectors will join PPS North director, Sam Schofield to discuss the implications of the Localism Act on planning and development.
RTPI North West region members are invited to attend the briefing session which takes place on the afternoon of Friday 27th January at the Eversheds Manchester HQ. Sam will focus on the political angle and [...]
The Localism Act was given Royal Assent on the 15th November. Two months down the line, a series of provisions are due to come into force, among them is the provisions of Section 25, introducing new guidance on bias and predetermination – for which the warning signals were fired by Grant Shapps with his letter [...]
It was heralded as a new dawn for the development sector – a National Planning Policy Framework offering a faster, fairer, clearer process for all. Then environmental pressure groups complained that the Government’s draft NPPF favoured development over the countryside.
Now these same pressure groups have latched onto a report by the All-Party Communities and Local [...]
Taken from the Dec 2011 edition of Housebuilder magazine.
Stepehen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, sends festive greetings to the communities secretary – but wishes he was acting quicker on planning reform
I have had this great idea for a DCLG Christmas card. It features Eric Pickles dressed as Santa Claus, cooking chestnuts on an [...]