Tag Archive: David Waterhouse

David Waterhouse, head of local government affairs, considers the impact of the DCLG Select Committee report on the much criticised NPPF

 “Unhelpfully vague” So, at the eleventh hour, the DCLG Select Committee has published its long awaited report into the Government’s draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). At the heart of this debate, which has been played out in the pages of the Daily Telegraph over the summer, is the “presumption in favour of sustainable development”. There ...

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Localism in Practice – Bottom (s) up?

Is the theme of the 12th Annual Bristol Planning & Law Conference. The JBP PR & Parliamentary Affairs team is once again taking an active part in this annual gathering of the south west planning fraternity. With the Coalition Government now almost 18 months old, the Localism Bill 2011 now enacted and the current lively debate ...

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