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Fyson on ... how to ensure population data collection

By Anthony Fyson

29 August 2008

How to ensure population data collection rigorous enough to inform government expenditure.

Lib Dems aim to lift renewable delivery

29 August 2008

The Liberal Democrats have called for a delivery body to speed up the UK's efforts to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets.

Scotland airs wind concern

29 August 2008

The government has responded to claims that it is jeopardising Scotland's renewables industry by ruling out subsidies for remote wind farms.

Nuisance immunity concerns rejected

22 August 2008

The DCLG has refuted fears about a clause slipped into the Planning Bill to exempt all major infrastructure projects from nuisance claims.

Framework sparks fears of lost rights

22 August 2008

Scottish Government proposals to fast-track schemes deemed to be of national importance have been slammed by environmental charity the John Muir Trust.

Structural engineering

15 August 2008

Unitary councils have gained further ground in the latest round of local government reorganisation proposals and planners will have an essential role in making them work, says Mark Smulian.

Call for move south slated

15 August 2008

North and south have united in deriding a report advocating the end of regeneration spending in northern towns in favour of massive housing expansion in the south.

Policy clash cited in climate plan report

1 August 2008

MPs have concluded that contradictions in cross-governmental planning policy are hampering efforts to tackle climate change.

Green clash feared on bill

1 August 2008

Lawyers have warned that key parts of the Planning Bill will fall foul of European environmental legislation and provoke legal challenges.

Wales sets out its planning agenda to build on growing legislative power

25 July 2008

Ministers are keen to support planners as Wales embarks on a strategy to lift communities out of deprivation with ambitious targets for affordable rural housing and sustainable development, reports Roisin Willmott.