Joanna Averley [Photo MHCLG]
Chief Planning Officer’s newsletter
A recent newsletter by Chief Planner, Joanna Averley, in MHCLG to local authorities’ planning officers is here.
It includes:-
- New Plan-Making System
- Funding to support Local Plan implementation
- Compulsory purchase update
- Using AI to summarise consultation responses, see this video
- Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency
- Developers to comply with tree felling regulations
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Centre for London has published a report on London’s high youth unemployment figures. One in four young Londoners are unemployed.
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Planning agreements for medium-sized sites
The Government has launched a consultation on a set of standard planning agreements for medium-sized housing sites. The proposals are ...
Protection for Public Green Space
The Government will review the fragmented and outdated nature of current legislative protections for public recreational green spaces, assess how ...
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