District Councils’ Network responds to Commons Health Committee report on Public Health post-2013
The Commons Health Select Committee today issued a report entitled Public Health Post-2013 – Structures, Organisation, Funding and Delivery Inquiry. In response, Cllr Neil Clarke, chairman of the District Councils’ Network (DCN) said: “The DCN welcomes the Commons...
DCN response to Local Plans Expert Group
District councils outlined a series of reforms to the Local Plans Expert Group aimed at simplifying the planning system and helping to realise Government ambitions for economic growth. Proposals submitted in evidence by the District Councils’ Network (DCN) to the...
We need more flexibility on planning
In The MJ, 16 August 2016: It is important that the performance of councils in approving planning permissions is considered within the wider context of local authorities seeking greater flexibilities, writes District Councils’ Network chair Cllr Neil...