News listing
For the very latest news on Society matters please use the links below to access up to date news and events information. If you have any issues you would like the Society to comment on, or any other press enquiries please contact the Society Publicity Officer.
Archived news items are filed by year (below).
2010
POS says proposals for schools should be in accord with local and neighbourhood plans.
POS welcomes the potential for local communities to have a say over their own future spatial plans; however, we do have some queries over the detail of such a proposal.
POS has risen to the challenge laid down by the new Government and submitted suggestions to cut excessive red tape in national and local government.
Revocation of regional strategies and their housing targets announced by Eric Pickles a sorry story says POS
Paul Watson, the POS Vice President Emeritus and Society representative on the review working group, comments on the Review's Final report
Stephen Tapper from Enfield becomes the 14th POS President
In response to the Chancellor's budget announcements the Society welcomes the recognition that planning is at the forefront of delivering economic growth
In the face of no further Housing and Planning Delivery Grant bolstering planning budgets, no doubt politicians and the general public will welcome the prospect of savings arising from budget cuts. They will not; however, readily accept that these come with a reduced capacity to produce work and deliver services to the same standards.
In a speedy response to the announcement by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Local Government Association chair Baroness Eaton that councils will need to make it easier for residents to influence development proposals the Planning Officers Society has issued a reminder that it already provides good practice advice on pre-application discussions.
As the Government announces an end to the labelling of garden land as brownfield, POS suggests this may mean a greater demand for green field sites.
