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Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. “Planning policy and practice is of pivotal importance to our future…
Major infrastructure stays on fast-track as planning quango closes.
A nudge in the right direction and tailored feedback from councillors and members of voluntary groups, increases people’s willingness to get…
Moving decision-making power from central government to local communities and councils.
I am today implementing the commitments made in the Coalition Agreement to decentralise the planning system by giving Local Authorities the…
Councils and communities are being given immediate powers to prevent the destructive practice of ‘garden grabbing’ and to decide what types …
Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark announces new plans to take gardens out of the brownfield category.
Minister for Decentralisation Greg Clark congratulates the people of Ambridge for saving their local shop.
Introducing measures to empower local people and to revoke plans to create new unitary councils.
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announce their plans for a new era of people power.
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