Landowners and developers with vacant buildings and brownfield land should be encouraged by the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) made this year. The Coalition Government is pressing local planning authorities to be […]
“Getting our share of EU funds”
The European Commission has adopted a draft legislative package which will frame cohesion policy for 2014-2020. The new proposals are designed to reinforce the strategic dimension of the policy and to ensure that EU investment […]
“Cutting the red tape of planning?”
Since the government published its long awaited and controversial National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 27 March, we have a “presumption in favour of sustainable development”. Greg Clark says in his introduction to the document, […]