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The government plans to axe section 106 agreements in favour of an infrastructure levy, but Richard Harbord warns that consultation paralysis, levelling-up concerns and developer opposition could block any progress.[…]
The section 151 officer at Cornwall Council has called on the government to implement reforms to planning and tax rules to help local authorities urgently respond to the housing crisis.[…]
Omar Al-Hasso, managing director of Phi Capital Investments, talks to Mike Thatcher about how local authorities are working with private sector partners to deliver more affordable homes. Government statistics show[…]
Demand for greater housing means increased pressure on county councils to deliver the associated infrastructure, such as roads and schools. Now Brexit, Covid and the war in Ukraine are also[…]
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the involvement of local authorities in the direct delivery of housing according to a major piece of research launched last week. The research, from the[…]
Tony Travers discusses how the prefectorial role of the section 151 officer has become more significant as austerity has hit council budgets. He suggests that the s151 will become ever-more[…]
In his first monthly viewpoint, Room151’s new editorial director reflects on what has changed and what remains the same for local government finance over an eventful seven years. Having spent[…]
Reports of the death of local authority house building have been greatly exaggerated. Mark Smulian looks at the resurgence of council activity in constructing new homes – for both social[…]
David Green scans the treasury landscape for the coming year and finds codes of practice, levelling up, new accounting standards and interest rate rises looming. Happy New Year to Room[…]
The waiting is over, the hard work of completing the entries and judging have come to fruition. It remains only to announce the winners. The winners of the inaugural CCLA/Room151[…]
