Cycling may be the key to improving both our Health and that of our Planet but where are the Planners? My wife and I have just invested...

With the dust beginning to settle it is perhaps now time to start considering how the North Essex Authorities’ (NEA) lauded Garden...

The Catalogue of Errors that is Braintree District Council’s planning record over the last 15 years recently culminated in the Planning...

Dear Sirs, On January 30th of this year at Colchester’s football stadium the local plan inspector wrapped up his second public...

This blog looks at the thorny question of how to ensure democratic principles are applied in the delivery of the so-called “garden...

Welcome to the brave new world of managed housing development in north Essex otherwise known as garden communities (GCs). New energy...

The “public interest” is a concept that pervades our laws and conditions every decision made by our public servants and elected...

Braintree District Council takes on the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government over calculation of 5 year...

The NEA Local Plan Saga; Surely they won't make the same mistake again?