May Update

May 1, 2025

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National Update The limited local elections at the beginning of May, involving 23 mainly county and unitary councils, saw massive losses for Labour and the Conservatives, losing 66% and 68% of their councillors respectively. Reform UK did very well, gaining 677 councillors, control of 10 councils, two regional mayors and

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Jim Clark

Apr 25, 2025

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Senior Account Director Jim has over a decade of experience in public affairs, policy and communications roles. He has significant experience engaging with the infrastructure, having led a sustainable business parliamentary group that specifically looked at ways to improve the public policy regarding the built environment. This included looking at

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April update

Apr 5, 2025

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Amid a growing international trade crisis being caused by US President, Donald Trump, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, made a Spring Statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday 27th March, where housing and house building targets played a prominent part. She pointed to changes to the National

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UK Government Plans For Planning Zone Schemes In English Commuter Belts

Mar 26, 2025

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A few years ago, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) published an article (https://www.rtpi.org.uk/research-rtpi/2020/september/planning-through-zoning/) regarding ‘Planning Through Zoning’. ‘Zoning’, common in other countries, such as in the USA and in Hong Kong, where regulatory zoning plans are used as the principle means to control development in some areas, would be

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March Update

Mar 3, 2025

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On 10 February, the Government approved 10 councils to be in its Devolution Priority Programme (DPP) including Cumbria, Cheshire and Warrington, Norfolk and Suffolk, Greater Essex, Sussex and Brighton and Hampshire and Solent. These areas will need to follow an ambitious devolution timetable, with MHCLG consultations already started. Councils have

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More Chelgate Local Planning Success

Feb 28, 2025

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Chelgate Local helped obtained consent for two projects during February: a 480-home Redrow Eastern project west of Billericay in Essex was approved by Basildon Council, and a 45-home Bellway Thames Gateway project in Chipping Ongar, also in Essex, was approved by Epping Forest Council. London Road, Billericay Redrow Homes Eastern

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