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Wednesday19 June 2013

Planning News

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Councils could lose planning powers

6 Jun 13

Government publishes regulations that could see councils that block development have their planning powers removed

Eric Pickles

Seventeen councils retain block on office-to-resi conversions

9 May 13

London councils and handful of others exempt as government rolls out planning relaxation

David Cameron

Coalition 'passing more planning regs than Labour'

7 May 13

Government also increasing the burden of planning costs on sector, study finds

Planning Features

House of cards

The community infrastructure levy: A tax too far

As the first councils publish their tariffs, Building investigates whether the CIL could threaten a housing recovery

News analysis

Will the planning reforms work?

The National Planning Policy Framework is firmly in the limelight after renewed pressure from campaigners. So will the government stick to the policy and how will it work in practice? Joey Gardiner leads a debate

News analysis

Party conference season: Rate my policy

Party conference season is upon us and this year the agenda is more relevant to construction than ever. Building looks at the likely policies to emerge and invites you to keep tally of their impact on the industry

Localism cartoon

Home truths: Localism and development

The government maintains that localism will boost development, but the latest planning figures show the exact opposite. Just how scared should developers be by this new political reality?

Analysis

microphone

Criminal responsibility

Designing out crime is threatened by deregulation of the planning system 

Gary Sector

The CIL needs urgently addressing

If two technical issues are not resolved, the Community Infrastructure Levy could actually hinder new development

mug joey

Resi: Yes, it's Groundhog Day

Joey Gardiner finds government money and planning reform fail to lift the mood at this week’s RESI 2012 conference

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