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Richard Benyon’s speech at the Green Infrastructure Partnership launch
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Housing Minister Grant Shapps responds to an article in the Daily Mail which describes the New Homes Bonus as a bribe for communities to accept…
Local Government Minister Bob Neill responds to an article in the Telegraph claiming that planning reforms will threaten historic towns and …
The Department responds to an article in the Telegraph raising concerns that the presumption in favour of sustainable development will threaten…
Today the Government is publishing a series of reports presenting the findings from research projects commissioned by the previous administration…
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today announced a new chairman of the Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC). BRAC is the consultative…
Businesses in Trafford, Manchester, are taking the lead in the development of the areas neighbourhood plan.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed new figures showing the largest increase in the supply of affordable homes since the mid-1990s. …
Housing Minister Grant Shapps today hailed the rapid progress of Government plans to release formerly-used public land with enough capacity …
Housing Minister Grant Shapps responds to latest affordable housing supply statistics. Housing Minister Grant Shapps said: “Reviving a …
The Department responds to claims in The Sunday Times that the National Planning Policy Framework will result in advertising billboards &lsquo…
The Department responds to an article in the Observer claiming that the National Planning Policy Framework will weaken the provision of affordable…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today announced new support for local authorities to help them freeze council tax next year.
Our planning system reforms won’t create a planning free-for-all (as has been suggested in the Daily Mail). What they will do is put local people…
Applications now open for part of the Catalyst fund.
The Department responds to an article in the Telegraph claiming that the National Planning Policy Framework will result in house prices being…
The Department responds to CPRE claims reported in the Sunday Times that the Government’s planning reforms will result in more development on…
Cornelia Parker’s ‘Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain’ at the Whitechapel Gallery.
Community Pubs Minister Bob Neill kicks off the countdown to British Pubs Week.
Bob Neill responds to inaccurate claims that planning reforms will lead to more unauthorised traveller sites. Bob Neill, Minister for Local…
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