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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Letters to Chief Planning Officers
Provides an update on government planning activities. Covers: improving planning performance: updated criteria for designation; Law Commission review of compulsory purchase law; Natural England survey on SSSI impact risk zones; PINS AI innovation survey for local planning authorities; and DfE design code for schools and colleges - register for upcoming stakeholder engagement sessions.
Dated 4 November 2022.
Now known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was a UK Government department with responsibility for communities throughout the UK, with local investment supporting growth, creating jobs, delivering housing, overseeing local government, planning and building safety. They were previously known as the MHCLG, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
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