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2004 Archive - 2003 Archive - 2002 Archive - 2001 Archive

2004 Archive

Please note: the 2004 archive is currently being updated, and will be avaliable online shortly.

• Lords vote to keep County Council strategic planning role

2003 Archive

• Planning Minister tells developers to consult before submitting applications
  26 January 2003
• Prescott announces that 200,000 new homes are to be built in the south east
  5 February 2003
• The customer comes first - and the customer is the community
  17 February 2003
• The Future of House Building in the South East - UK Seminars
  11 March 2003
• 6 Days Until Polling Day!
  25 April 2003
• Labour slips back as Tories and Lib Dems make ground
  02 May 2003
• New Planning Team Announced in Blair Reshuffle
  25 June 2003
• Launch of new report on consultation
  25 July 2003
• Mixed reactions to Sustainable Communities Plan
  11 August 2003
• New Planning Procedures Come into Force
  4 September 2003
• Minister signals planning shake-up in forthcoming bill
  15 October 2003
• Tarrifs to Come In New Planning Bill?
  27 November 2003
• Interim Barker Report: Planning process to blame
  15 December 2003

2002 Archive

• Council planning departments under scrutiny
  6 March 2002
• Parish councils’ code - mass resignations threatened
  9 April 2002
• Disappointment for Tories, relief for Labour & Lib Dems
  3 May 2002
• Planning and Housing: All change… again
  30 May 2002
• Report urges cmmunity involvement in development
  26 June 2002
• Consultation heart of new planning proposals
  26 July 2002
• North/south divide slices housing market
  22 August 2002
• The party season starts
  25 September 2002
• All change on the front bench…
  29 October 2002
• Government outlines planning reforms in Queen's Speech
  13 November 2002
• Major changes in Planning
  11 December 2002

2001 Archive

• Planning Green Paper puts community consultation first
  20 December 2001