With more mayoral powers coming down the line and strategic authorities being established across the country it is important ...

A recent LGC roundtable highlighted the need for a more tailored approach to planning EV infrastructure, writes John Rainford ...

The real goal of devolution should be a system of genuinely regional authorities across England, writes the policy director ...

The Royal Town Planning Institute said that the government’s mandatory training for members to serve on the planning ...

Councillors must undergo mandatory training and receive a certificate in order to sit on planning committees, according to ...

The housing secretary could be empowered to force local authorities to work together on cross-boundary development strategy.

Newcastle-under-Lyme BC is set to fight against reorganisation plans set out by Staffordshire CC and Stoke-on-Trent Council. Next week, district ...

The government intends to fund strategic authorities with a formula allocation through the local government finance settlement and encourage the use of ...

The government has said it will stick to its proposed deadline to ‘complete’ Local Government Pension Scheme pooling, despite warnings it is “extremely ...

The government has sought to make a virtue of its determination to back the “builders not the blockers” - and views councils ...

The system for compulsory purchase orders is to be streamlined and the role of development corporations expanded in a bid to ...

Councils will be permitted to set planning fees but could be compelled to repay applicants if the secretary of state judges ...