Residents for Uttlesford [R4U] local plan Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/tag/local-plan/ Love where you live Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:29:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.residents4u.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-R4U-hand-512sq.gif?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Residents for Uttlesford [R4U] local plan Archives - Residents for Uttlesford https://www.residents4u.org/tag/local-plan/ 32 32 70608645 R4U’s improvement programme at Uttlesford District Council recognised by award from Royal Town Planning Institute https://www.residents4u.org/2021/12/09/r4us-improvement-programme-at-uttlesford-district-council-recognised-by-award-from-royal-town-planning-institute/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:09:50 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=22046 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is delighted that after embarking on an ambitious re-engineering programme at Uttlesford District Council (UDC), the local authority has received a prestigious award for strategic planning. ...read more →

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]]> 22046 Concerns about ‘house-building assault’ on Uttlesford as developers push for many more homes than are needed https://www.residents4u.org/2021/07/30/concerns-about-house-building-assault-on-uttlesford-as-developers-push-for-many-more-homes-than-are-needed/ Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:53:19 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=20709 Concern has been expressed by Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) about a developers’ ‘house-building assault’ on the district mandated and enabled by the government as the Local Plan ‘Call for Sites’ ...read more →

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]]> 20709 R4U puts residents at centre of re-engineered Local Plan process at UDC https://www.residents4u.org/2020/10/28/r4u-puts-residents-at-centre-of-re-engineered-local-plan-process-at-udc/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:36:53 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=18693 R4U has designed the new Local Plan process at UDC to improve decision making, provide better scrutiny of work, and put residents at the centre. R4U’s Cllr John Evans, who ...read more →

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]]> 18693 R4U opposes government moves to strip away local planning control that could see ‘tens-of-thousands of houses dumped on Uttlesford’ https://www.residents4u.org/2020/08/10/r4u-opposes-government-moves-to-strip-away-local-planning-control-that-could-see-tens-of-thousands-of-houses-dumped-on-uttlesford/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:29:43 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=18430 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is strongly opposed to the government’s proposals to strip control of planning from local councils. R4U vice chair Dan Starr said “We must be clear; this ...read more →

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]]> 18430 Uttlesford District Council votes to start new Local Plan after serial failures by previous administration https://www.residents4u.org/2020/05/01/uttlesford-district-council-votes-to-start-new-local-plan-after-serial-failures-by-previous-administration/ Fri, 01 May 2020 13:46:29 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=18281 Councillors at R4U led Uttlesford District Council have voted to start a new Local Plan ‘from scratch’ after Inspectors found the past two plans submitted by the previous administration to ...read more →

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]]> 18281 R4U administration starts re-engineering of planning at Uttlesford District Council https://www.residents4u.org/2020/02/19/r4u-administration-starts-re-engineering-of-planning-at-uttlesford-district-council/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:18:24 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=17851 R4U led Uttlesford District Council has engaged an external team of advisers as part of re-engineering planning at the council and fixing the Local Plan after failures by the previous ...read more →

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]]> 17851 Inspector finds former Conservative Administration’s second Uttlesford Local Plan unsound; new administration commits to re-engineering the council https://www.residents4u.org/2020/01/14/inspector-finds-former-conservative-administrations-second-uttlesford-local-plan-unsound-new-administration-commits-to-re-engineering-the-council/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:24:54 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=17684 Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) has announced that its new administration has committed to re-engineering Uttlesford District Council (UDC) to deliver a proper Local Plan after the Planning Inspectors found the ...read more →

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]]> 17684 Local Plan inspection is ‘best option’ to protect Uttlesford communities https://www.residents4u.org/2019/06/28/local-plan-inspection-is-best-option-to-protect-uttlesford-communities/ Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:19:16 +0000 https://www.residents4u.org/?p=16229 Uttlesford District Council has written to the Planning Inspectors to say they see no reason why the Local Plan should not go to examination next week. Read on to find ...read more →

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]]> 16229 R4U calls for Uttlesford Local Plan lead Cllr Susan Barker to resign over latest in string of major failures https://www.residents4u.org/2018/11/20/r4u-calls-for-uttlesford-local-plan-lead-cllr-susan-barker-to-resign-over-latest-in-string-of-major-failures/ https://www.residents4u.org/2018/11/20/r4u-calls-for-uttlesford-local-plan-lead-cllr-susan-barker-to-resign-over-latest-in-string-of-major-failures/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:36:42 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=10884 R4U is calling for the resignation of Uttlesford Local Plan portfolio holder Cllr Susan Barker after another costly plan failure which could delay the Local Plan to 2020. A Local ...read more →

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]]> https://www.residents4u.org/2018/11/20/r4u-calls-for-uttlesford-local-plan-lead-cllr-susan-barker-to-resign-over-latest-in-string-of-major-failures/feed/ 6 10884 Significant concerns about bias at UDC towards planning approvals sought by Kier in Saffron Walden https://www.residents4u.org/2018/04/22/significant-concerns-about-bias-at-udc-towards-planning-approvals-sought-by-kier-in-saffron-walden/ Sun, 22 Apr 2018 15:05:42 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=10336 Major concerns have been expressed about a new planning application by Kier to build 150 homes on the east of Saffron Walden, and also that Uttlesford District Council has shown ...read more →

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