South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) consultation: “Reforming the Right to Buy” The consultation sought views on how the Right to Buy should be reformed to deliver a fairer, better value and more sustainable scheme where longstanding tenants can buy their own homes and how councils can replace […]
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South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) inquiry: “Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system”. The consultation seeks views on the Government’s proposed approach to revising the NPPF. It also seeks views on a series of wider national planning
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has today published its report on Levelling up funding to local government. The heavyweight Select Committee is responsible for scrutinising Government projects seeking value for money. The report finds that only £1.24bn from the Government’s three funds as of September 2023 has been spent, out of a total of £10.47bn allocated
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South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Public Accounts Committee‘s (PAC) inquiry: “Levelling up funding to local government”. The consultation considers the Government’s £9.5bn in levelling up funding, in support of over 4,000 local projects, to be spent by 31 March 2026 – with a further billion pounds in funding yet to be awarded.
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South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) consultation: “Plan-making reforms: consultation on implementation”. The consultation considers the Department’s proposals to make local plans (and minerals and waste plans) simpler, faster to prepare, and more accessible. SEC Chair Cllr Nick Adams-King said: “Local Plans are an essential
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South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Government’s consultation: “Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy”. The consultation is being led by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. It seeks views on the Government’s proposed approach to updating the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), their proposed approach to preparing National
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the South East has launched an inquiry into transport infrastructure. This follows the unanimous decision of the group’s officers to run the inquiry during its Annual General Meeting in the Palace of Westminster last Summer. It is the group’s second inquiry, following the first into levelling up and local
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Responding to the Left Behind Neighborhoods APPG‘s inquiry into levelling up, Cllr Nicolas Heslop, Chair of South East Councils said: “We hear about the ‘affluent’ South East in the headlines – despite that the relative affluence of local residents does not always translate into council spending power as one might think. The stereotype of the
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Responding to Transport for the South East’s (TfSE) consultation on its draft Strategic Investment Plan (SIP), Cllr Nicolas Heslop, Chair of South East Councils said: “I am delighted to submit this response on behalf of South East Councils (SEC) – we have most of the local authorities in the South East region within our membership.
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Responding to the Devolution APPG’s inquiry into the Levelling Up White Paper, Cllr Nicolas Heslop, Chair of South East Councils said: “The Levelling Up White Paper outlined a commitment to offer every part of England ‘a devolution deal with powers at or approaching the highest level of devolution’. The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill is now
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