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New report from the Committee for Climate Change (CC) argues planning system should be seen as a catalyst for driving climate action

A creative project spearheaded by the Planning Authority, has redefined the relationship between the two art forms

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St. Martin News Network - Latest News in and around the island of St. Maarten/St. Martin.

The City of Cape Town is busy preparing a local spatial development framework (LSDF), or neighbourhood plan, for the Gordon’s Bay Development Area in the Helderberg District.

A new survey from the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the all-island professional membership body for spatial planners, has revealed that both public organisations/local authorities (62%), as well as private/semi-state organisations (60%), are facing significant challenges with retaining and recruiting new staff. Many respondents highlighted the perceived difficulties in attracting new talent to the workforce and

Hugo de Jonge, Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning, called the fall of the Rutte IV Cabinet "very disappointing" and "unnecessary." On Friday evening, outgoing Prime Minister Rutte had offered the resignation of his Cabinet after failed talks on migration. In response, Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag called it "very regrettable" that the differences between the parties turned out to be too great.

Te Uru Kahika - Regional and Unitary Councils Aotearoa has welcomed the majority of changes recommended by the Environment Select Committee in their reports on two of the three new Bills that are intended to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA). ...

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The Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning, Hugo de Jonge, has asked all municipalities to check if there is any type of floor in neighborhood schools that may be crumbling. Schools, where this is the case, are requested to conduct an investigation. In May, a piece of concrete above a classroom in Rotterdam came loose and fell onto a table. No one was present at the time. The minister suspects that several hundred schools have the same floor system, which was used from 1951 to 1973.