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The Local Solution to Energising Democracy

The Government’s localism agenda has changed the planning system in a number of important ways over the last five years. Regional Spatial Strategies, which many Conservatives perceived as too prescriptive and top-down, were abolished, with new neighbourhood planning powers offered...

Rethinking NIMBYism

Amber Rudd, the new Energy Secretary, has set out her plans to fulfil the Conservatives’ manifesto commitment to end subsidies for onshore wind, and to give local communities the final say on new windfarm applications. Rudd, a junior Energy Minister...