Local councils are being told to step up and take responsibility for economic growth in their areas. But while councils are keen to exert greater control over their local economies, many feel they are being told to do so with “one hand tied behind their backs”…
An at a glance look at the key news contained in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
Local authorities that have a poor track record for allocating land for housing will still have to find an extra 20 per cent of land on top of their five year land supplies, the government said today.
Decades have been spent devoting money to fragmented regeneration projects, but does the future lie with community budgets and deal-making? Alex Thomson asks.
Planning minister Greg Clark has said the final draft of the national planning policy framework (NPPF) will make the local plan the keystone of the planning edifice.
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled plans to lower the costs of borrowing for councils that lay out in advance their long-term spending plans.
Greater Manchester councils will be able to keep a share of the extra national tax revenues generated in the conurbation under the first city deal to be struck by the government.
Enterprise zones in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and London will benefit from enhanced tax reliefs, the chancellor George Osborne has confirmed in his budget speech.
Ultrafast broadband will come to 60 cities, chancellor George Osborne said in a series of Budget announcements on infrastructure investment.
Social media is an integral part of service provision says Alex Thomson.