Outsourcing was in the news last weekend, with reports that two police forces are considering a radical privatisation plan. The Guardian reported on Saturday that police forces in Surrey and the West Midlands are offering a £1.5 billion contract under which private firms may investigate crimes and detain suspects. Read More
Two interesting reports have emerged over the last week that suggest that chancellor George Osborne is taking a strong interest in the final draft of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Read More
Liverpool City Council has granted outline consent for the controversial Liverpool Waters development. The plans have been widely criticised for their potential impact on the city’s world heritage site. We’re keen to hear whether you think these concerns are justified. Click through to vote in the poll here.
This week’s letter to the Telegraph, sent by an eclectic mix of campaigners, the TV weather presenter Sian Lloyd, environmentalist (and climate change sceptic) David Bellamy, various Lords and MEPs comes after a bad few months, in terms of publicity at least, for the UK wind industry.
Earlier this month, Labour MP Huw Irranca-Davies accused the government of “dragging its feet” on reforms to dangerous dogs legislation. A consultation was launched in March 2010 by the former Labour administration. But more than 18 months after the consultation closed the coalition government has yet to state whether it intends to push ahead with the proposals. Writing in the Guardian on 14 February, Irranca-Davies said: “What do we want to see? Simple, 18 months after the consultation we need to see the government’s firm proposals. They’ve had more than enough time to consider the options.” Read More
After the backlash from countryside campaigners against the draft national planning policy framework (NPPF), ministers will be pleased to hear it’s been a page-turner for one senior development figure.
As if the housing market renewal (HMR) programme had not been contentious enough, the latest attempt by government to make a bad situation better has now been caught up in further controversy.
The latest CIL Watch update includes infrastructure levy news from Mid Sussex, Lewisham, Wandsworth, Nottinghamshire and Redbridge. Read More
One million planning applications have now been processed by the online Planning Portal service, with the millionth application submitted by a householder in Leicestershire, the government said yesterday. Read More
I blogged yesterday about the row over the government’s planning reforms and how the furore increased in intensity between July and October 2011. A key feature of the campaign against the National Planning Policy Framework was that celebrities lined up to criticise the reforms, helping to keep the issue in the headlines. Big names to come out against the government’s planning reforms include US travel writer Bill Bryson, television presenters Lloyd Grossman and Kirstie Allsopp and composer Lord Lloyd-Webber. Read More
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