The Government has introduced a bill called the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill into Parliament and it is currently wending its way through the parliamentary process. If it meets the current expected timetable then the Bill should come into force in April 2010. It will introduce the need for local planning authorities to [...]
DCLG are consulting on the following proposals to simplify the process of getting permission to do minor work to non-residential buildings:
The intention is to grant new permitted development rights for retail and town centre uses, offices, universities, hospitals and industry to allow minor alterations and extensions to proceed without the need for planning permission, [...]
The broad framework for introducing the Community Infrastructure Levy was contained in the Planning Act 2008. The Government has now published detailed proposals for implementing CIL which will come into force in April 2010. CIL is a way of collecting financial contributions from developers to pay for local infrastructure such as roads, schools and flood [...]
