17 February 2011 | Richard John
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned the Government that unless it provides greater clarity on how its 'Green Deal' scheme will be financed, it could fail to attract the businesses it...
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5 January 2011 | David Marsden
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is looking for up to eight local authorities to implement the revised Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which was announced in the recently-published...
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22 December 2010 | David Marsden
After much delay, the Localism Bill was finally published on 13 December 2010.
The Bill, which aims to transfer more central government powers to local level, includes proposals to significantly reform...
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10 December 2010 | David Marsden
Another week, another development in the ongoing Regional Strategies saga.
In November, I wrote that, following a judicial review launched by Cala Homes (South) Ltd, the High Court had ruled that the...
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30 November 2010 | David Marsden
The Government has suffered a further setback after the High Court ruled that, until further notice, local planning authorities should not take into account the Government’s intention to abolish the...
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24 November 2010 | David Marsden
In a move that will be of particular interest to developers, the Department for Communities and Local Government has published a consultation paper on its proposals to change planning application fees...
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12 November 2010 | David Marsden
The Government has published its response to the Penfold Review of non-planning consents.
Back in December 2009, Adrian Penfold, the head of planning and environment at British Land, was asked to review...
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15 September 2010 | Emma Cameron
Background
The Bribery Act 2010 (Act) is due to come into force in April 2011. The current English law on bribery was considered to be unsatisfactory because it did not comply with the Organisation...
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11 August 2010 | Shimon Shaw
There has been a big public awareness campaign today warning businesses about the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which comes into effect next month. This is a scheme aimed at (you guessed it) reducing...
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10 August 2010 | David Marsden
Last month, I wrote that the abolition of the Regional Strategies in May and the general uncertainty over the Government’s planning policy had left housebuilders ‘in limbo’, with a number of development...
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