Current
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Letters to Chief Planning Officers
Provides an update on government planning activities. Covers: building safety - responsible actors scheme and the prohibition on development; consultation on the infrastructure levy and environmental outcomes report; consultation on short-term lets, consultation on high street rental auctions; support for the RTPI Future Planners Bursary Scheme; publication of local nature recovery strategies regulations and statutory guidance; support to local planning authorities providing pre-application services and planning performance agreements; housing design awards; funding awarded to improve digital services for planning applications; funding for solutions aiming to improve citizen engagement within the planning process; PropTech innovation fund; updates for digital planning funded projects; awards presented to the DLUHC's Digital Planning Team; recruitment for Public Practice; latest Office for Place webinar; Office for Place recruitment; new powers addressing illegal tree felling in England; and surveys on challenges in planning for flood risk and the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.
Dated 19 May 2023.
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