Masterplan meaning

In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post-Brexit transition guidance Public procurement Judicial review Constitutional and administrative law State accountability and liability Coronavirus (COVID-19) SIs Equality and human rights Projects and infrastructure Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights ESIC terminates operation The Commons European Statutory Instruments Committee (ESIC) has ended its work, having ceased to exist on the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024. Alongside the Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC), ESIC managed the sifting processes under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EU(W)A 2018), the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (EU(FR)A 2020) and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL(RR)A 2023). It reviewed proposed negative statutory instruments (SIs) made under those Acts and issued recommendations on the appropriate parliamentary procedure before the instruments were laid before Parliament. See: LNB...

In this issue: Local government reorganisation Education Children's social care Adult social care Social housing Planning Judicial review Public procurement Local government finance Licensing Pensions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Local government reorganisation IPPR report recommends democratic reforms for English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill IPPR North released analysis exploring the democratic effects of the government’s push to create unitary councils under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. The study reviews plans to scrap the remaining two-tier county and district councils—covering roughly 29% of England—and replace them with larger unitary bodies. Ministers contend that unitarisation will streamline administration, raise efficiency and support mayoral devolution, yet it flags democratic downsides: fewer councillors, less frequent elections, and a wider gap between communities and decision-makers. Evidence is cited that bigger councils can erode trust, suppress participation and blunt citizens’ sense of political efficacy, but it also argues that...

In this issue: Planning policy Planning conditions, obligations and community infrastructure levy Transport and Works Act Orders Planning applications and decisions Planning for nationally significant infrastructure Housing Buildings and Building Regulations Planning for major infrastructure Planning policy Court confirms need to consider allocation-wide infrastructure contributions despite absence of masterplan (Trafford Metropolitan BC v SSHCLG) In Trafford Metropolitan BC v SSHCLG [2026] EWHC 261 (Admin), the court set aside an inspector’s approval of an outline B2/B8 proposal within the New Carrington strategic allocation because the inspector treated the lack of an adopted masterplan as a reason to require no infrastructure contribution. The court found that the Places for Everyone policy still requires proportionate, allocation-wide contributions to be confronted, together with consideration of highways impacts across the allocation. See News Analysis: Court confirms need to consider allocation-wide infrastructure contributions despite absence of masterplan (Trafford Metropolitan BC v SSHCLG). Welsh Government publishes response to Commission for Welsh-speaking...