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Elected mayors: a sticking plaster on the north-south divide

Referendums on whether or not to have directly elected mayors will take place in 10 English cities this week. Underlying the political gamesmanship...

Birchfield Neighbourhood Forum mtg 2nd April 2012

The second meeting of the newly formed Birchfield Neighbourhood Forum meets on Monday 2nd April from 6.30pm at the CMAT centre, 16 Grosvenor Road H...

We’re NOT closing!

A head teacher in Botley has denied suggestions that her school is in danger of closing. Sian Tomlin, the head of Botley School was forced to write...

ConDems YES to Gravel and Housing plans

Draft plans which earmark Hamble airfield as the preferred site for gravel extraction and Boorley Green as the preferred site for 1300 homes were a...

Audlem first to take over Cheshire East services

A village near Nantwich has taken on the very first transfer of services from Cheshire East Council. A series of transfers are planned as part...

Botley folk say YES to more housing

Botley folk have voted a resounding ‘yes’ to more family homes in their community. Mike Jarvey of Botley Parish Housing group told a meeting of...

CPPF Localism and Planning Map_icon

CPPF Localism and Planning Event On the evening on the 14th of July 2011 I attended an event run by Cambridge Past Present and Future on localism a...

LOCALISM MEANS SELF POLICING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

One of the aspects of the proposed Localism Bill is the Abolition of the Standards Board regime contained in the Local Government Act of 2000. This...

The fight goes on

Whilst we are disappointed about the Planning Inspectors decision to approve the JCS it has not come unexpectedly as the supporters of the JCS depl...

Just where is Keith Simpson?

There was a very apt question in the House of Commons recently but it did not come from Keith Simpson as we may have wished. However the answer fro...

Are we being taken seriously?

One of the effects of the proposed Localism Bill is the need for potential developers to ensure that they get 'buy in' from local communities as pa...

BAD PLANNING AND SHABBY POLITICS

A major part of the Big Society debate and the new localism bill now going through parliament is the devolution of power to local communities and i...

The Rural Property Portal: Captain Pickles and the Ghost of Christmas Future ...

A hefty draught of  pre-Christmas cynicism from a planning consultant: The Rural Property Portal: Captain Pickles and the Ghost of Christmas F...

No change there then....

An email from the Greater Norwich Development Partnership Manager, Sandra Easthaugh, has confirmed that the all important GNDP Policy Group Meeting...

Inside the M60 at the Labour Fringe-Social innovation and entrepreneurship

Inside the M60 are at some of the Fringe Meeting’s at this year’s Labour party conference in Manchester. This lunchtime  we were at Manchester...

Inside the M60 at the Labour fringe-Localism

Inside the M60 will be going to some of the Fringe Meeting’s at this year’s Labour party conference in Manchester. On Sunday night,it attended ...

CLG Committee To Look Into Localism

Localism, shared services and budget constraints on public services will be among the areas to be investigated by the Commons Communities and Local...

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