Planning and other news updates

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General news:

Coalition Government publishes legislative programme. Click here to view.

Conservative Party plans to reform the planning system and introduce a new 'localism'. View the Conservative Green Paper here.

Article: Housebuilder (September 2009). View the article here or link to the publication (registration required)

News from the planning media:

RSS and IPC scrapping in the Queen's Speech

DCLG's top civil servant leaves

Shapps gets regeneration portfolio

Popular RDAs may be allowed to continue

Tory paper to form basis of planning reform (View the Conservative Green Paper here).

Cameron and Clegg launch the Big Society

Government pledges 'radical reform' to the planning system (subscription)

CLG line-up takes shape - Bob Neil expected to be appointed Planning Minister (subscription)

CLG line-up - Grant Shapps the new Housing Minister while Pickles takes over at CLG

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