Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, says that the government’s radical localism measures will hit housebuilders hard and no-one will benefit – not even consultancies such as his own.
One of the great disadvantages of our parliamentary democracy is that each new government feels an irresistible urge to muck about with the planning [...]
PPS Group’s Head of Waste Rebecca Eatwell writes a regular column in Haymarket’s Waste Planning magazine – read this month’s column below.
Affect of localism on waste planning
Localism is a major priority for the new coalition government. The idea of devolving power to local communities cuts across numerous policy areas, including planning. The government has pledged [...]
The Prologue:
So many to choose from but I went for this from President Truman: “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”
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For all those of you who remember that once so prolific programme called Building Schools for the Future, we now have a new ‘free schools’ building programme, or maybe a new an acronym, SOBY (Sod Off [...]
The Government has set out the timescales for each milestone in the process for planning policy amendments, abolition of RDAs, setting up of LEPs, Localism Bill etc. It is worth reading through the document below but essentially we are looking at:
Localism Bill to be introduced November 2010 and passed by November 2011
Confirmation of retention or [...]