@FieldDuncan Exactly this - so sick of people being down on the TCPA! there’s nothing inherent in the Act which would slow anything down, unless you want to remove the requirement to seek planning permission at all …
@RebeccaLRyan We end up in a viscous cycle where the buses are rubbish so we don’t use them, so then they reduce the service, so they are even less usable etc etc !
We’re launching a Nutrient Mitigation Scheme with @NaturalEngland to unlock #SustainableHousing, while creating better spaces for nature.
Developers in the Tees catchment can now purchase 'credits' to show mitigation is in place.
Read more: https://t.co/fwxgJIMvLp
DLUHC letter to MPs on 5th December - "Only four-in-ten local authorities have up to date local plans and I am determined to change
this" - maybe not continually shifting the goal posts would help, plans likely to be delayed yet again now
Cumbria coal mine granted. [36] leaps out - downstream effects of GHGs from actually using the coal as neutral to slightly beneficial 🤔
https://t.co/PnXYwtjwKJ
More onshore wind? I'm not sure that allowing schemes "where communities are in favour" is radically different to the current "where impacts identified by the community have been fully addressed"... https://t.co/kIrcyXEWQw
Nutrient Neutrality update - NE has been working on mitigation projects and "The first mitigation projects are currently being negotiated with two partners in the Tees catchment" - in the north and everything!
https://t.co/wO6G0zmAUT
Infrastructure is absolutely key to a functioning country and improvements are desperately needed across the north. The dash to platform 13/14 at Manchester Piccadilly is not a happy place to be even before TPExpress started cancelling all of the through trains to my station! 😱
NEW: Former cabinet minister Simon Clarke has tabled an amendment to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill to overturn the ban on new onshore wind
Tells me: "If we're going to have some anti-growth amendments on the bill we might as well have some pro-growth ones too"
We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Hall (@StephPlanning) will be chairing the @eastmidsRTPI Annual Debate on 13th December in Leicester.
Find out more: https://t.co/kJqLC1UM03
Many thanks to @RTPI_Yorks for hosting me and @KCPlanningTeam today in Leeds. It was great to share the stage with my lovely colleagues including some awesome women in planning @icklebeckster and Kelly Brown @CMS_Planning
This is a really important scheme chambers is proud to be part of. Now in its second year. Please retweet so it’s brought to the attention of as many deserving applicants as possible https://t.co/9DdLUVCc4d