Councils 'to keep 50 per cent of business rates'
Local authorities would be able to keep 50 per cent of business rates, under proposals unveiled by communities secretary Eric Pickles.
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The Top 100 Regeneration Projects 2012
18 May 2012The amount of private sector money formally committed to some of the biggest regeneration projects in the UK has risen significantly in the past 18 months, according to research published today.
- Focus on priorities has allowed us to continue regeneration: HCA chief
- Belfast prison developer named
- South Yorkshire 'tram-train' pilot scheme given green light by government
- Report: Government failing to tackle housing crisis
- Mayor of London and TfL to set up £30m London architecture panel
- Councils given more time to spend Right to Buy receipts
- Bids for townscape heritage cash move to next stage
- Deadline for potential tenants to submit bids for Olympic Stadium extended
- DfT approves £10m for Northampton railway station funding
- Wind turbine factory approved for Hull enterprise zone
- DCLG provides funding to tackle slum landlords
Blogs
Regeneration & Renewal Awards
Interviews
A pragmatic president
18 May 2012The RTPI president says he is satisfied that the institute was effective in making changes to the NPPF, and the focus is now on supporting councils in straitened times.
Building without blocks
04 May 2012The Berkeley boss welcomes the new national planning policy regime but insists it will only work as intended if attitudes change and the appeals system is consistent, quick and properly enforced.
Streamlining supervisor
20 April 2012To ensure that Teesside's enterprise zone opened this month with eased planning rules, the director in charge of this process says its economic body had to work fast, reports Adam Branson .
Eco-warrior
05 April 2012The environmental lawyer Richard Buxton has made some enemies among developers, but he is adamant that he merely offers the public crucial access to justice on environmental and community concerns.
Events
The Year Two challenge for Local Enterprise Partnerships - building and supporting local strategic economic leadership
- Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies
- Date: Thu 24 May 2012 - Thu 24 May 2012
- Venue: CURDS Seminar Room, 4th Floor, Claremont Bridge Building Newcastle University
Blogs
Opinion
In Context - Local identity is a national stew
18 May 2012The massive thumbs down that electors in most major cities gave to the idea of local elected mayors two weeks ago was a huge governmental own goal.
Efforts begin to fill the guidance gap
18 May 2012The Planning for Climate Change guidance for councils published by the Town and Country Planning Association on behalf of the Planning & Climate Change Coalition (PCCC) poses predictable questions about the status of unofficial interpretations of gov...
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