The Lawn · In focus
Page 2 · 29 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2025
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The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act brings new local powers, scrutiny and community rights, while the mini high street seeks office.
Most written representation planning appeals for applications made from 1 April follow a simpler route, leaving the site plan to locate its evidence.
Selected English councils will receive £155,000 grants to improve sustainable public sector food procurement, while a cabbage examines the paperwork.
Weekend voting pilots bring ballots to shopping centres and early polling hubs in a British satire about convenience, democracy and escalators.
New fly tipping guidance gives English councils a clearer route to seize vehicles in a sharp British satire about illegal dumping, red tape and consequences.
Councils receive exceptional financial support in a British satire about borrowing, balanced books and the paperwork holding everything upright.
The drainage grant gives councils £5m to keep water in approved channels, rather than shopping on the high street.
Planning appeals are going digital, allowing Britain to reject your tasteful orangery with modern speed and an individual login.
The infrastructure strategy promises long term funding for roads, buildings and transport, allowing every tired bridge to visualise a better self.
Investment zones in Glasgow and North East Scotland promise jobs and private finance after officials draw two confident circles around the economy.
Planning reforms could add billions to the economy, according to an impact assessment whose upper estimate has already chosen a kitchen.
Planning AI can digitise old records in 40 seconds, leaving councils free to spend two hours locating the correct attachment.
