The government intends to legislate to replace Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) with a more flexible measure and to make it easier for landlords to evict problem tenants, the Home Office announced yesterday.
A think tank has urged the government to allow councils to take the lead in driving regeneration and called for greater local control over money spent on public services.
Submissions are now invited for the awards that aim to recognise and reward regeneration projects of high merit across the UK. The deadline for entries is 5 July. To enter, click here.
The 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.
The 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.
To 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 .
The 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.
The 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.
The 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...
