The Conservative party this week pledged to hand regional planning power back to local councils if elected
The plans would allow villages and towns to form their own delivery bodies.

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The Conservative party this week pledged to hand regional planning power back to local councils if elected
The plans would allow villages and towns to form their own delivery bodies.
2009-10-23T00:00:00Z By Anne Harrison and Anne Harrison Anne Harrison
The Tories say they’d integrate the new Infrastructure Planning Commission with the Planning Inspectorate. It’s a bold vision, but unfortunately it would make the situation worse
2009-07-15T08:54:00Z By Sophie Griffiths and Sophie Griffiths Sophie Griffiths
Bow Group says flexible system based around neighbourhoods would deliver homes more efficiently than regional plans
2009-06-18T15:21:00Z By Dan Stewart and Dan Stewart Dan Stewart
John Healey uses first speech as housing minister to announce three-year extension to planning consent duration
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£500m turnover housing association announces winners of planned mainteance work
2026-03-20T12:36:00Z By Tom Lowe
Clients and government officials mingled with SMEs bringing fresh ideas for building better at this year’s two-day conference in the City of London. With the government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy setting out a clear roadmap for future projects, what does this mean for innovation in the built environment? Tom Lowe reports
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Local London says region has capacity to deliver more than 145,000 new homes
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