Regional development agency One North East has released a list of  projects that will lose out as it makes £32.9m of budget cuts in 2010-11.
Projects including a renewable energy village in Eastgate, the redevelopment of Sheepfolds and Stadium Park, and the Newcastle Science City scheme, will all lose up to …

The Royal Town Planning Institute has warned that replacing regional planning with a more local approach to planning could threaten the UK’s economic recovery.
Today, plans for a Decentralisation and Localism Bill were unveiled as part of the Queen’s Speech. The RPTI has responded by saying strategic planning between local and …

The coalition government plans to introduce bills to cut quangos and devolve powers to local councils under the Conservative Party’s “localism” agenda in the next parliamentary year.
This morning, the Queen set out the coalition’s plans for 22 bills at the state opening of parliament. The government plans to introduce a …

Liberal Democrat MPs will be crucial in the decision-making around cuts to public sector property, according to King Sturge’s head of public sector.
Richard Haynes told Public Property UK that the business secretary, Vince Cable, and the chief secretary to the Treasury, David Laws, would be the most important players in …

The coalition has set out its detailed plans for the next five years including replacing regional development agencies with a new system of local enterprise partnerships.
The government has this morning published its 34-page document “The coalition: our programme for government” setting out the results of last week’s policy negotiations. It …

The new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has today confirmed for the first time that it will push ahead with big changes to the planning system.
In a document called Building the Big Society, published by the Cabinet Office today, the government confirmed it would axe regional spatial strategies and would “return …

What it is: The document that sets out the policy direction of the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.
When it came out: 12 May 2010.
Why it is important: It sets out the new government’s policies in areas including deficit reduction, tax and the environment.
To read the full agreement click here: Coalition …

Conservative MP Eric Pickles has been appointed secretary of state for the Department for Communities and Local Government, which is responsible for housing and planning.
David Cameron has appointed Pickles, who led Bradford District Council for three years up to 1990, as communities secretary in his new cabinet. Pickles was shadow …

The Conservative Party is expected to water down plans for a far-reaching overhaul of the planning system after entering a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.
This morning, law firm Davies Arnold Cooper held a seminar at its office near London’s Fleet Street that set out its expectations on how the Conservative …

Labour won 420 new seats and took overall control of 16 councils in the local elections that took place alongside last Thursday’s general election.
The results, where counting finished over the weekend, reveal a large swing in favour of Labour councillors, with most losses sustained by the Conservatives and the Liberal …