Tag Archives: Conservatives

Neill: “Planners living in an ivory tower”

By , Monday, 15 March 2010, 26 Comments

Shadow planning minister Bob Neill has launched a bizarre attack on the sector, prompted by the results of a Planning survey. Read more »

Planning – have you checked it’s switched on?

By , Thursday, 4 March 2010, 3 Comments

The planning system is broken. It’s worth bearing in mind that this news is brought to you by the Conservative party, which has been decidedly liberal in its use of the term ‘broken’ recently…

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Does Tory planning paper have X-Factor?

By , Thursday, 25 February 2010, 5 Comments

After months of waiting, it’s finally happened. No, not the announcement of Cheryl Cole’s divorce*, but the Conservatives have published their planning green paper. Read more »

Can we have a Conservative estimate?

By , Friday, 18 December 2009, 8 Comments

Rarely a week has gone by in the last couple of months when I haven’t had a tip-off telling me that the Tories’ planning green paper will be coming out in the next few days.
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Hopes for 2010

By , Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 6 Comments

As it’s my last blog of 2009, I’d like to set the scene for what’s coming up in the New Year.

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Fear and loathing in Manchester

By , Thursday, 8 October 2009, 1 Comment

David Cameron“Please be advised that this hotel is adjoined to a bar and nightclub. Noise from the nightclub will carry into the hotel until 3am. Apologies for any inconvenience.” Read more »

Tories plan heritage boost

By , Monday, 28 September 2009, 1 Comment

English Heritage logoConservatism with a small c could be coming back into fashion, if the Tories win the next election.

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As easy as IPC

By , Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 2 Comments

The Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) seems to be a rather contentious issue. I say this after attending a CBI conference on Monday. It’s fair to say that the session posed almost as many questions as it provided answers.

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