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DC Casebook: DC Forum

14 November 2008

Email your queries or your replies to earlier queries to casebook@haymarket.com or post them to Development Control Casebook Forum, DCS Ltd, Casebook Suite 1, Fullers Court, 40 Lower Quay Street, Gloucester GL1 2LW. Comment and post at PlanningResource.co.uk/forum/dc.

How we did it ... Journey survey aims to unlock Harlow's growth

14 November 2008

Project: To assess the highways and public transport networks around Harlow and Bishop's Stortford ahead of substantial planned growth.

The Things I Know

14 November 2008

Matthew Brewer - Senior planner, planning and environment team, Cushman & Wakefield.

Winning Round

14 November 2008

A pioneering low-impact settlement in Pembrokeshire has won temporary approval but other schemes are being stalled on a strict interpretation of rural area policy, Ben Willis reports.

Borders Closed on Skills

14 November 2008

London boroughs are looking closely at the scope for developing existing staff skills amid signals that changes to work permit rules could be about to cut off the supply from overseas, Mark Smulian reports.

Pragmatic policy-maker

14 November 2008

Conservative planning spokeswoman Jacqui Lait is adamant that people get a say on issues in their community and believes developers should back this, she tells Domenic Donatantonio.

Ministers must save post office branches to protect vulnerable

By Huw Morris

14 November 2008

There are 12,000 of them across the country. They are part of the very fabric of the nation, with thousands of communities dependent on them.

Halman on ... The benefit of being positive

14 November 2008

The draft PPS4 seems anxious to usher in a more positive outlook on applications, especially for developments with employment potential.

Legal Report - Clear advice is essential for when the levy breaks

14 November 2008

The community infrastructure levy (CIL) has been put forward as a replacement for the much-criticised proposal for a planning gain supplement. The charge may be imposed on landowners who seek to develop their estate.

Links loss stirs site fear

14 November 2008

Ministers insist that approval of plans for a golf resort in Aberdeenshire sets no precedent but green groups fear that it will encourage harmful proposals on key wildlife sites, says Ben Willis.