Nicola Gooch

In the Fourth Week of Advent, DCLG gave to me.... A New Housing Fund & Disagreements with Inspectors

The week before Christmas has been a decidedly busy one, with the announcement of a new £60 million housing fund and the release of no...

23/12/16

Irwin Mitchell

Yes, Counting matters, but interpretation matters more

On Saturday, The Times, quoting from the BDO report trumpeted a 1.7% year on year increase for Retail sales figures for November,...

13/12/16

Nicola Gooch

In the Third Week of Advent, DCLG gave to me... Yet More Neighbourhood Plan Uncertainty

In a move which has made me feel decidedly un-festive, yesterday, in the House of Commons, Gavin Barwell issued a new written ministerial...

13/12/16

Nicola Gooch

In the Second Week of Advent, DCLG gave to me... A National Estate Regeneration Strategy!

Last week the festive fellows at DCLG  treated us to a National Estates Regeneration Strategy, intended to 'breathe new life' into...

12/12/16

Nicola Gooch

Durham County Council puts local plan on hold until Housing White Paper is published

The delay in publishing DCLG's Housing White Paper appears to be having a knock on effect for some local planning authorities and their...

07/12/16

Nicola Gooch

In the first week of Advent, DCLG gave to me....

This the first of four posts based on a popular Christmas song, each of which will contain a quick recap of the week's news from DCLG. In...

02/12/16