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Councils call for devolved flood funding following MPs’ report

Town hall leaders have called for flood funding to be made more transparent and devolved ...

Housing

Better targeted measures needed to tackle urban sprawl in Europe

The report, Urban sprawl in Europe, reviews the low-density and scattered expansion of many cities ...

Housing

No room for local views on green belt in the push to build new homes

David Cameron has made several statements regarding his wish to preserve the UK’s Green Belt ...

Features Highways Transport Transport & Highways

Going the extra mile for rural roads

Large infrastructure projects may dominate the headlines, but local authorities were given a timely reminder this ...

Pollution Water

Forty years of investment has improved Europe’s bathing water

The annual bathing water report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission ...

County to invest £10m in road surfacing project

Suffolk County Council has agreed to use £10m from its reserves to fund three million ...

Features Housing Regeneration

‘Pink planning’ offers a new way to accelerate housing growth

Britain’s stymied housing sector is finally showing signs of life. After years of paralysis, there ...

Housing

Councils deny planning system is a barrier to housebuilding

Local authority leaders have warned there is no evidence that unnecessary delays in the planning ...

Queen’s Speech 2016: new rules to speed up planning process

Local authorities will only be allowed to impose pre-commencement planning conditions if they are deemed ...

Regeneration

Mayor warns councils need more support to protect green spaces

A recent High Court judgement has ‘weakened’ national policy on the protection of green spaces, ...