Daily Archives: 24/06/2011

The Coalition Government has released a statement on its prospective approach to introducing a presumption in favour of its interpretation of sustainable development in the forthcoming National Planning Policy Framework.   Government says: [The approach] fulfils our commitment in the Plan … Continue reading →

The government has published its proposed wording for the new presumption in favour of sustainable development. The presumption will be central to both the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Government’s planning reforms for England.   At this juncture, … Continue reading →

An amendment to enshrine a definition of sustainable development within the Localism Bill would create a ‘lawyers’ paradise’, communities minister Baroness Hanham has said.   Search Planning Resource: LINK Search Planning Portal: LINK

  The Government needs to think more carefully about the powers it has to stimulate job creation in the construction industry, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to official employment figures which revealed that the construction industry … Continue reading →

More than £800,000 is being made available for Welsh councils to improve the quality of the local environment as part of the nation’s Tidy Towns initiative. Search Planning Resource: LINK

In Cambridge regulations governing new developments, including the need for historic environment surveys, are to be swept aside from July 1 in a purge designed to get Fenland building again.   Relaxation of rules around sustainability and listed buildings still … Continue reading →

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced extra support for voluntary and community groups campaigning to save local assets such as historic pubs, seaside piers or market halls, under threat when their owners refuse to sell.   … Continue reading →

New annual English Heritage awards to celebrate the efforts of local people in saving their heritage, supported by Andrew Lloyd Webber, were announced on 11 June.   The English Heritage Angel Awards – “the Angels” – will be presented at … Continue reading →

Working to the theme ‘Valuing places – old and new: why? what? how ?’, Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS), the link body for Scotland’s built and historic environment non-governmental bodies, has been announced as taking place on Thursday 8th September  … Continue reading →

Ministers are considering proposals to ease planning restrictions on some farming activities as part of a wide-ranging review of agricultural regulation and red-tape.   That’s in prospect following the report from the Farming Regulation Task Force report which has made … Continue reading →