Oct 22, 2024

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Max Abdulgani is a graduate from the University of York. Whilst at university, he campaigned for a political party and managed the affairs of a parliamentary candidate and newly elected MP. Max has internship experience working with high-profile politicians at

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Labour Housing Policy

Oct 19, 2024

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Mission accomplished? Labour claims planning reform victory, but will local communities be convinced? The Government wasted no time in launching its mission to ‘get Britain building again’, announcing a raft of policies to boost housing and infrastructure in its first

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Joined-up Infrastructure

Oct 19, 2024

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The larger the project the more infrastructure is required – not an unsurprising statement, but what is surprising is the way it is delivered: developers need to engage with numerous bodies and agencies to deliver the infrastructure. A complex, ebergy

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Consultation Failings

Oct 19, 2024

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Consultation is inherently flawed: all have the same failing – by relying on residents to respond there is usually low participation, and those that do respond often have an axe to grind. The result is a skewed representation of community

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October Update

Oct 19, 2024

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Parliament returned early, on 2 September, so that the new government could get on with legislation. It rose again on 12 September for the party conferences, to return on 7 October. There has been hardly a day gone by during

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MHCLG Ministerial Team

Oct 18, 2024

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MHCLG has announced the new ministerial team tasked with ‘getting Britain building again’ and delivering on government’s ambition to see 1.5 million homes built over the next five years. The freshly renamed department is key to delivering the government’s mission

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Dan Sames

Oct 1, 2024

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Senior Consultant Dan is currently a Senior Lecturer in Planning and course leader for the Property Development and Planning course at Oxford Brookes University, and a former councillor in Oxfordshire. As a councillor he has 25 years of experience in

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Chris White OBE

Oct 1, 2024

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Senior Consultant Chris has been a Liberal Democrat county and district councillor for over 30 years, most recently leader of St Albans District Council and chair of its Planning Policy & Climate Committee. He has considerable experience in local plan

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