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A Globally Insignificant Economy
Take Out The Trash Day at the end of the Parliamentary sitting seems to have been pretty productive this year for those bits of Whitehall determined to cover England with car-dependent sprawl.
It was more than just the NPPF that got slipped out. Among the many things which crept quietly out of the M...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 08 August 2018
Take Out The Trash Day
The last day before the Parliamentary summer recess is traditionally known in Whitehall as Take Out the Trash Day.
You know, the day when they dump a vast amount of unpopular stuff in the public domain and scuttle off on their holidays before anyone can cry foul.
The new English National Planning Po...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 27 July 2018
National Planning Policy Shame Work
Slipping out the new English National Planning Policy Statement in a written statement on the day before the summer recess as if he were ashamed of it, secretary of state James Brokenshire was at least clear about his motives.
The new NPPF, he said, is fundamental to strengthening communities and to...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 25 July 2018
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