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Draft planning committee reports: sharing is caring
A Deputy High Court judge recently considered whether it was unlawful for a local authority's planning officer privately to seek from the applicant for planning permission, and then incorporate, comments on her draft report to the Council's Planning Committee. Simon Ricketts examines the outcome.
Roles for members in the new delegated arrangements for planning decisions
Ahead of the changes to delegation of planning decisions, Richard Harwood KC looks at the arrangements which local authorities can put in place, particularly where they want to maintain member involvement in the process.
The race for Greater Manchester mayor
Patricia Grinyer discusses why Greater Manchester's mayoral by-election matters beyond the politics – and what the next Mayor must do to lead one of England's most established devolved governments.
Company governance - conflicts of interest for officers and members
In the second of his two-part mini-series on governance failures in local authority companies, Geoff Wild examines how to avoid conflicts of interest arising between the company and the council. In particular he looks at those council officers and members who are appointed as directors, where the potential for such conflict is significant - but can be managed.
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