Current
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Letters to Chief Planning Officers
Provides an update on government planning activities. Covers: national planning policy framework; Autumn statement; consultation and further support available on measures to support the delivery of housing through local development orders; starter homes; planning enforcement fund; section 106 and community infrastructure levy; sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS); travellers and green belt; technical consultation on planning; local plans; planning advisory service; neighbourhood planning; planning guidance; hazardous substances; national planning policy for waste; planning portal and online planning applications; planning casework and national planning casework unit mapping app; compulsory purchase orders; marine planning; housing standards review; right to build; housing design awards; and town centre first policy.
Dated January 2015.
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