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Green Belt in Chiswell Green is not “at the front of the queue” for new homes, a barrister has claimed.

The 2006 NSW Standard Instrument Local Environmental Plan (SI LEP) aimed to simplify and bring consistency to local planning and land use regulation. Consistent definitions and standard land use zones were features of the changes to local plan requirements. The background to, and unfortunate consequences of, the SI LEP are critically explored. This highlights the tension between conformity, innovation, local autonomy and place-based approaches. A survey of professional practitioners suggests that the hoped-for benefits have not been realised in practice. Key findings are that the SI LEP: (1) h...

Campaigners issuing a legal challenge over the decision not to require net zero homes at Salt Cross Garden Village have called the…

Newly appointed ERA chairman VINCE CASSAR argues that any attempt to ‘strike a balance between environment and economy’, should begin with an economic model that ‘values wellbeing, as a measure of success’ 

The new North Yorkshire Council has rejected any idea its commitment to a new countywide Local Plan will leave Harrogate housing issues in limbo for years or hinder the chances of economic development.