Politics
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Shaping direction in Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
The Council marks a year of operations and looks to strategy and service provision for its ratepayers. During the…
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Open and accountable
Tim Gilling Deputy Executive Director of the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) writes on the importance of openness, accountability and…
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Enforcing best behaviour
A year on from the introduction of the Code of Conduct for Councillors, The Northern Ireland Chairman of the National…
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Developing a community plan
Director of Legacy at Derry City and Strabane Council, Oonagh McGillion explains the importance of engagement in community planning. …
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Planning transition progress
agendaNi looks at the performance of the planning system one year on from the transfer of powers to local government.…
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Planning for the future
Clyde Shanks takes stock of the local development market and explains how the new planning system will require a culture…
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Counting down to the handover
DoE Permanent Secretary Leo O’Reilly has outlined the expected benefits of local government reform and how the department is preparing…
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New council powers
The ‘super-councils’ will assume a range of responsibilities, inheriting some from their predecessors and receiving other significant powers from central…
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Brave new world or a lawyer’s paradise?
Carson McDowell Partner Gary McGhee considers how councils’ interests may compete with the regional interest when powers are transferred. Planning…
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Planning in transition
SOLACE’s planning spokesman David McCammick expects significant change but is confident that the reform process will succeed. An entirely new…
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