Campaign News Updates
Cameron to tackle planning again in bid to kick start growth
The Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans for another shake-up of the planning system in a bid to kick start the stagnant economy.
Property people want review of ‘tax on failure’
In a coup for Property Week’s long-running campaign against empty rates, chancellor George Osborne has asked York Outer MP Julian Sturdy to form a working group to examine how the law can be altered to help struggling businesses. Property Week spoke to industry figures about what they would like the working group to achieve.
Empty homes tsar Clarke: ‘halve void rate’
TV presenter says schemes are demolished that should be redeveloped. Emma Haslett reports
Landlords lobby to stop retail prepacks ‘Taking the Profit’
British Property Federation launches campaign for insolvency practitioners to act fairly
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Empty homes tsar calls for fund
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Property’s planning win
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Kerslake: NPPF “presumption in favour” is here to stay
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New home approvals down 10%
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Rewrite planning reforms, say MPs
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Landlords warn of “development hiatus”
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Home fires burn
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PWTV: Bob Neill - objectors to NPPF "have misread the document"
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Landlords respond to government’s planning reforms
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The Adam Smith Institute supports planning reform – do you?
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The Countryside Alliance supports planning reform – do you?
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Greg Clark quizzed by MPs on planning reform
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NPPF author grilled by MPs
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Planners train their sights on policy framework
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National Trust’s NPPF demands ‘economically naive’, experts say
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Westminster proffers planning begging bowl to developers
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Pickles: ‘we must get Britain building’
Communities secretary tells Property Week’s RESI 2011 that planning reform is “imperative”
RESI 2011: Pickles backs Property Week's planning campaign
Communities secretary Eric Pickles today welcomed Property Week’s Campaign for Sustainable Development in a keynote speech to delegates at the RESI conference in south Wales
Property Week’s Campaign for Sustainable Development is calling for readers’ support for development that will help revive the UK.
Over the next six weeks, leading up to the October 17 close of the government’s consultation on its National Planning Policy Framework, we want you to lend your support.
Tell us and the Government why we need to fix our planning system at: development@propertyweek.com
ANALYSIS
A Long, Long Way From Homes
In the second part in our series on the government’s planning reforms, Patrick Gower assesses their impact on our chronic housing shortage
Planning a sustainable future
Westfield Stratford has created jobs, attracts most shoppers by public transport and is energy efficient. So why are a host of lobby groups opposed to commercial developments of this type?