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
Some authorities whose area is subject to particularly declining housing market conditions, will undoubtedly suffer as a consequence
POS welcomes the changes made made in response to the concerns raised in the original consultation document.
POS President welcomes the announcement, albeit several years late.
POS doubts DCLG commitment
The Planning Officers Society believes the Conservative Party’s planning proposals show immense promise as an opportunity to re-write the planning ground rules; however, the Society asserts that that the planning system is a valuable way of addressing the big issues of the day and the Conservatives have missed a big opportunity by ignoring them.
The unique consortium comprising key public and private sector organisations today welcomed the amended regulations for the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). The group has worked closely with government over the last 2 years to ensure that the regulations provide a pragmatic and flexible way forward to implementation of CIL.
The Planning Officers Society, one of the sponsors of the RTPI 2009 Planning Awards, was present at the Awards Ceremony on 4th February at the London Hilton to see the winners receiving their Awards.
POS is supporting the assertion made by Natural England and the Campaign to Protect Rural England that the role of the Green Belt needs to be assessed in a wide perspective, not just according to its statutory purposes. The Society suggests this should be undertaken by local authorities alongside their green infrastructure planning and character assessments.
POS has expressed concern that the new responsibilities placed on local authorities under the Planning Act 2008 will bring about additional costs in discharging those responsibilities and the loss of funding that will accompany them.
POS has expressed extreme disappointment with the DCLG decision not to pursue changes to publicity requirements such that Local Planning Authorities would have discretion as to whether or not press notices were carried out.
