Managing Director of PPS, Stephen Byfield will be presenting to delegates on the impact of localism on development projects at the event below.
The National Planning Policy Framework, CIL and Localism – Understanding Future Planning Policy in Practice
Date: Tuesday 28th February 2012
How the National Planning Policy Framework, CIL and Localism will work together
Provides practical advice and guidance [...]
Taken from the Jan 2012 edition of Housebuilder magazine.
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, wonders whether the government will buckle under pressure to amend draft planning policy
I had an entertaining lunch this week with a planning lawyer (is this the first time anyone has ever written that sentence?). Over the meat and fish we [...]
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 [...]
The article below features in November’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 – with some success
McLocalism – How Scotland handles localism
Like the rest of the UK, Scotland does actually ‘do’ localism. However, to an [...]