All Levelling up articles – Page 5
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ProfessionalWill the new levy be any better?
Currently in the report stage in the House of Commons, the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill proposes the replacement of both Section 106 planning agreements (S106) and the Community Infrastructure Levy with a National Infrastructure Levy, which would be paid by developers to local planning authorities.
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NewsLevelling up minister to step down as MP
Levelling up minister Dehenna Davison has announced she will be stepping down as an MP at the next general election.
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NewsCalls for new social landlords law following mould death
Calls for a new law forcing social landlords to quickly remedy faults that lead to tenant ill health are gathering pace in the wake of the death of a two-year-old boy.
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InsightLevelling up: PRS must take priority
The private rented sector (PRS) needs to be top of the list when it comes to levelling up.
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OnlineMixed industry reaction as Hunt scraps Kwarteng’s Investment Zones
The scrapping of proposed Investment Zones in the Budget received a mixed reaction from the property industry.
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InformationOnly 5% of the government’s Levelling Up Fund has been spent to date
A freedom of information request has revealed that only 5% – £243m – of the government’s £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund (LUF) has been spent to date.
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ProfessionalSupreme Court casts doubt on the legitimacy of masterplans
Rejection of Hillside Parks’ Aberdovey appeal could have implications well beyond the Welsh seaside parish.
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NewsLandsec to fund first phase of Manchester’s £400m Mayfield development
A funding deal to unlock around 800,000 sq ft of commercial space at Manchester’s £400m gross development value (GDV) Mayfield scheme has been struck between Landsec and the Mayfield Partnership.
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NewsBlackpool to get £40m levelling up investment to unlock £300m regeneration
The government has committed to providing £40m of levelling up investment to relocate Blackpool’s court building, in a move that it said would unlock a £300m town-centre regeneration plan.
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NewsProperty sector hails Gove’s return
Michael Gove has been heralded as a “vigorous politician” and an “effective agent of change” by mostly enthusiastic property industry heavyweights following his return to the role of housing secretary.
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ProfessionalThe private sector can aid councils
A summer of discontent for local planning authorities (LPAs) saw officers at Portsmouth and Bournemouth councils self-imposing ‘lockdowns’ to tackle planning application backlogs.
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NewsCritics slam move to reverse no-fault evictions ban
Critics have expressed anger at news that the UK government could row back on plans to abolish no-fault evictions.
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NewsEdgbaston redevelopment in £20m Levelling Up Fund bid
The transformation of Edgbaston Stadium into a cricket and community-led mixed-use destination is the subject of a £20m bid to the government’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF).
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NewsMini-budget: Industry reacts to planning reform, tax cuts and investment zones
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said the government will introduce a planning and infrastructure bill to reform and “unpick the complex patchwork of planning restrictions and EU-derived laws that constrain our growth”, in a budget described by JLL UK chief executive Stephanie Hyde as “anything but mini” for real estate.
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NewsClarke must take ‘decisive action’
Simon Clarke has been warned that the “clock is ticking” after being thrown into the housing hot seat by new prime minister Liz Truss.
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InsightThe Conservatives under Truss will lose the red wall
With Truss’s accession to prime minister, the political future of England’s red wall is perilously close to toppling. Starmer and the Labour Party now have, ironically, a golden opportunity to become the party of levelling up and to deliver to the Midlands and the north what the Conservatives had originally ...
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NewsEast Midlands offered devolution deal
The East Midlands has been offered a devolution deal by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which could see more powers delivered to the region.
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NewsExperts slam environmental holes in Levelling Up bill
Real estate experts have warned that the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill is “as good as silent” on the climate emergency, which could hamper ambitions to improve sustainability in the built environment.
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NewsSurvey shows a gloomy outlook for property
Respondents to Property Week’s sentiment survey express concern about economic climate.
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InsightPlan-making vital to levelling up
The Levelling Up White Paper, which focuses on tackling regional disparities across the UK, is essentially a manifesto for levelling up everywhere, not just north versus south.
