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Preparing for CIL : the Need for a More Rounded Ap...
Last week’s Planning article on the first wave Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedules (Variable Rates, pp20-21) makes for interesting reading. A lot of the discussion in recent months has been on the scale of the levy to be charged and the article summarises the different rates being proposed across the six most advanced CIL areas. These include a proposal for a £70/m2 flat rat...
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Are Low Skilled Adults The Real Lost Generation?
All the media attention in recent months has been on tuition fees, and warning of the potential dangers of a lost generation. At the other end of the spectrum, there has been very little said about the changes being made to the adult skills agenda. Unlike tuition fees, these changes haven’t been greeted with riots outside Westminster, but could rapidly undo the years of gradual progress achieved...
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New Enterprise Zones – worth all the fuss?
The dust has settled a little after the 2011 Budget and what’s happening about Enterprise Zones has become a little clearer. I’ve had a good look at the EZ Prospectus published by DCLG and read between the lines (see http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/1872724.pdf). What’s the scale of EZs this time round? The Government has announced that there will 21 EZs in England...
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Is the Mayor’s Regeneration Fund really a riot r...
Last week the GLA and the Mayor of London launched London’s new Regeneration Fund; a direct response to the August riots pledging “£70m towards major long term improvements to the damaged town centres and high streets. The fund is focused both on the boroughs affected, and where there is potential to drive growth and prosperity.” Funding has been allocated to 8 areas, with the most significant i...
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