Councils given more time to spend Right to Buy receipts
Local authorities will be given an additional year to spend receipts generated from the sale of homes under the Right to Buy scheme, housing minister Grant Shapps has confirmed.
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Bids for townscape heritage cash move to next stage
15 May 2012Twelve regeneration projects in towns and cities across the UK that have bid for a total of £15.9 million of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) cash have moved forward.
- 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
- Timetable for post-Games reopening of Olympic park announced
- Watchdog: RDAs created jobs more cheaply than Regional Growth Fund
- Johnson names new 2012 legacy chief
- Growth fund-backed business angel fund makes first investments
- Scottish government launches £6 million regeneration fund
- Surplus public land scheme 'on track', says Shapps
- Four cities say 'no' to elected mayors
Blogs
Regeneration & Renewal Awards
Interviews
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.
Nuclear provider
09 March 2012On the eve of an epochal examination, the head of the team responsible for securing consents for Britain's first new nuclear power station in 20 years is confident, Bryan Johnston hears.
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 - Blackpool needs a tram lifeline
04 May 2012Gathered in a room on Blackpool's promenade for a European Union workshop about trams, we paused every ten minutes as the resort's new Bombardier vehicles glided across the horizon.
Rethink this madcap market plan
04 May 2012Sometimes, planners have a crucial opportunity to protect and enhance where others seek to make changes that could cause harm.
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- Development Control Service Manager (£40,741 - £43,354) Gloucester City Council Competitive, Gloucester
- Head of Planning Tendring District Council Competitive, Essex
- Contract Adviser - Land Use Commercial Services Team Natural England £30,275 to target rate of £37,930 with a higher performance ceiling of £40,550, Location flexible
- Planning Policy and CIL Specialist The Planning Bureau Ltd c.£35,000, Bournemouth
- Qualified Planning Consultant Judd Farris Property Recruitment £25k - £27k, Manchester
- Principal Planner (Development Management) Oxford City Council £33,661 per annum pro-rata with possible progression up to £37,206, Oxford
- Chartered Town Planner/Senior Town Planner Anders Elite Negotiable, North West
- Assistant Planners Strutt & Parker To 23k, Lewes, Chichester
- Planning Control and Enforcement Officer Oadby & Wigston Borough Council £19,621 - £24,646 per annum, Leicestershire LE18
- Development Control Officer Macdonald & Co £25.00 to £27.00 per hr Ltd Co, London
