Planning changes with the Localism Bill

Sarah-Jane Williams, a planning solicitor with regional firm Stephens Scown LLP considers the significance of the new Localism Act on the planning system. The new Localism Act is a major part of the Government’s agenda to hand more decision-making powers …

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Localism Act receives Royal Assent

The Government’s plan to give local communities more of a say about planning and development passed into law this week when the Localism Act received Royal Assent. The Act is part of the Coalition’s flagship policy to shift power away …

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The Big Society’s Localism Bill

The Localism Bill’s’community assets’ proposals are part of the Government’s ‘big society’ vision, giving communities the opportunity to take control of local facilities threatened with closure. Aside from neighbourhood plans and significant changes to the planning enforcement regime, it’s perhaps …

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Planning Solicitor on Localism

Do Government plans to streamline the planning process sound the death knell for localism, asks planning solicitor Peter Edwards… When the Government published its flagship Localism Bill in December last year it was presented as a key plank of the decentralisation …

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Planning Enforcement Against Unauthorised Dwellings

Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal decision in Beesley The 2010 cases of Fidler and Beesley involving enforcement against unauthorised dwellings in the countryside were widely reported and made headline news in the national press.  So significant was the impact …

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Planning to Win under Localism

The Localism Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 13th December 2010. At the Second Reading Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, stated that “The Bill will reverse the centralist creep of decades …

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