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		<title>Communication with planning members – open season?</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2012/01/communication-with-planning-members-%e2%80%93-open-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Schofield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McLocalism &#8211; How Scotland handles localism</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/11/mclocalism-how-scotland-handles-localism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article below features in November&#8217;s Housebuilder magazine.
Donald Anderson, who runs the Scottish office for communications consultancy PPS Group, says that Scotland has been working with localism for a couple of years now &#8211; with some success
McLocalism &#8211; How Scotland handles localism
Like the rest of the UK, Scotland does actually ‘do’ localism. However, to an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PPS host &#8216;Planning for localism in the North of England&#8217; event with BPF</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/07/pps-host-planning-for-localism-in-the-north-of-england-event-with-bpf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Schofield</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning for localism &#8211; What the Localism Bill means for regional development
When: Tuesday 13th September 2011, 5-7pm
Where: Leeds Metropolitan University, The Rose Bowl, Portland Crescent, Leeds LS1 3HL
Join BPF Chief Executive Liz Peace and other industry experts at this evening seminar and reception to discuss the complexities of the Bill and its impact on development in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The next piece of the planning jigsaw falls into place</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-next-piece-of-the-planning-jigsaw-falls-into-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Sutcliffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Working out what the planning system will look like once the reforms have been completed became a little easier today with the publication of the Draft National Planning Policy Framework for consultation.  For most of the industry this should be a ‘glass half full’ moment after a year or so of pessimism about the direction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor publishes new London Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/07/mayor-publishes-new-london-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Sutcliffe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Localism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final revised London Plan has been issued today by London Mayor Boris Johnson.
You can  view the full document at http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/The%20London%20Plan%202011.pdf and read up on the background at http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/londonplan
The Plan sets out ambitious housing and employment targets centred on 33 Opportunity Areas and a further 10 Intensification Areas across the London Boroughs.
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		<title>Localism Vs planning: uneasy bedfellows?</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/07/localism-vs-planning-uneasy-bedfellows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/07/localism-vs-planning-uneasy-bedfellows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Byfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the context of the Localism agenda, will the Waste Review do enough to secure the delivery of future infrastructure? Rebecca Eatwell PPS Group&#8217;s head of waste &#38; resources, attempts to find out in an article for edie.net  &#8211; Localism Vs planning: uneasy bedfellows?
The full article is available here
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		<title>Localism &#8211; end of term report, PPS in Housebuilder magazine</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/07/localism-end-of-term-report-pps-in-housebuilder-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/07/localism-end-of-term-report-pps-in-housebuilder-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Byfield</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taken from the July/August edition of Housebuilder magazine &#8211; this month&#8217;s edition also included a free copy of the PPS local authority political control wall map &#8211; to order your copy please email freemap@ppsgroup.co.uk
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, gives his summer term report on the government&#8217;s planning policies
Are you enjoying the sounds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCLG publishes long awaited presumption in favour of sustainable development</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/06/dclg-publishes-long-awaited-presumption-in-favour-of-sustainable-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/06/dclg-publishes-long-awaited-presumption-in-favour-of-sustainable-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Sutcliffe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PPS Group to host &#8216;localism clinic&#8217; at RESI 11</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/06/pps-group-to-host-localism-clinic-at-resi-11/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/06/pps-group-to-host-localism-clinic-at-resi-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Browning</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA["localism bill" "RESI 11" "PPS PR"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This year celebrates the 5th anniversary of Property Week&#8217;s RESI conference series. In addition to exhibiting, PPS will also be hosting a &#8216;localism clinic&#8217; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Review: A Recycling of Policy?</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/06/waste-review-a-recycling-of-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/06/waste-review-a-recycling-of-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Browning</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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