What's New

• Local Government Act 2003 - summary
  Section: Local Government
  Added: October 9, 2003
• Provision of FSEC risk assessment toolkit
  Fire authority integrated risk management planning - Guidance Note 3.
  Section: Fire
  Added: October 8, 2003
• Make a difference: middle managers
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: October 7, 2003
• Fire Service Circular 10/2003
  This circular provides an update on the progress and implementation of the Integrated Personal Development System.
  Section: Fire
  Added: October 3, 2003
• Fire Service Circular 9/2002
  This circular is to advise the Fire Service of the progress made towards the delivery of the Integrated Personal Development System.
  Section: Fire
  Added: October 3, 2003
• The relationship between community strategies and local development frameworks   679 Kb
  Considers how existing community strategies and proposed local development frameworks can develop effective relationships to benefit local communities.
  Section: Planning
  Added: October 3, 2003
• Local Authority Business Conference Growth Incentives Conference
  Speech by Nick Raynsford on 24 September 2003.
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: October 2, 2003
• Responses to the firefighter's pension scheme consultation paper
  Section: Fire
  Added: October 1, 2003
• Make a difference: administrative officers
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: September 30, 2003
• Leading policy, leading people, leading edge: team leaders
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: September 30, 2003
• Best value and performance improvement for the Greater London Authority, Transport for London and the London Development Agency  534 Kb
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 30, 2003
• Best value and performance improvement for best value parish councils   238 Kb
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 30, 2003
• Planning applications April to May 2003 (PA-Q2)
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 26, 2003
• National Housing Federation Conference
  Speech by Keith Hill on 25 September 2003.
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: September 25, 2003
• Fire Service Circular 12/2003
  Briefing on changes to pension arrangements for firefighters.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 25, 2003
• Supplement to the Housing Transfer Manual 2003: 2004 programme   264 Kb
  Section: Housing
  Added: September 25, 2003
• PFI Schemes for HRA/non-HRA Housing: Guidance for Authorities Making Proposals
  Section: Housing
  Added: September 25, 2003 (originally added March 19, 2003)
• First Thomas J Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights
  Speech by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott on the Occasion of the Receipt of the First Thomas J Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights on Behalf of the Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday 24 September 2003.
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: September 24, 2003
• Secondary Legislation Under The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill
  Detailed note on the secondary legislation arising from the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill.
  Section: Planning
  Modified: September 24, 2003 (originally added September 19, 2003)
• Electoral Pilots at the C.E.P and Local Elections - Consultation Paper 
  Electoral Pilots at the Combined European Parliamentary and Local Elections 2004 - A consultation paper. Comments by 19 November 2004.
  Section: Local Government
  Modified: September 22, 2003 (originally added September 17, 2003)
• Your Region, Your Choice: summary - Yorkshire and Humberside 
  Section: Regions
  Added: September 22, 2003
• Your Region, Your Choice: summary - North West 
  Section: Regions
  Added: September 22, 2003
• Your Region, Your Choice: summary - North East 
  Section: Regions
  Added: September 22, 2003
• Secondary Legislation Under The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill 
  Detailed note on the secondary legislation arising from the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill.
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 19, 2003  
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill: Crown Immunity Provisions 
  Detailed note setting out crown immunity provisions to be tabled by the Government on the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill.
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 19, 2003  
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill: Compulsory Purchase Amendments 
  Detailed briefing note setting out compulsory purchase provisions to be tabled by the Government on the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill.
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 19, 2003  
• Section 38 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954: Failed applications (Summary No.9)  199 Kb
  Section: Urban Policy
  Modified: September 19, 2003 (originally added August 19, 2003)  
• Launch of London Open House 
  Speech by Keith Hill on 15 September 2003.
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: September 18, 2003  
• Draft Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 7 - Sustainable Development in Rural Areas 
  This consultation paper seeks comments on a draft of a new Planning Policy Statement (PPS) on Sustainable Development in Rural Areas.
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 18, 2003  
• Electoral Pilots at the C.E.P and Local Elections - Consultation Paper 
  Electoral Pilots at the Combined European Parliamentary and Local Elections 2004 - A consultation paper. Comments by 19 November 2004.
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• Fire Statistics UK  128 Kb
  Accidental dwelling fires by presence and operation of smoke alarms by brigade and Government Office Region, 1999-2001.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• Case studies for the Smoke Alarm Maintenance campaign 
  Case studies for the Smoke Alarm Maintenance campaign.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• The next time you push the button you may find the battery is dead  27 Kb
  Smoke Alarm Maintenance advert used on supermarket next customer bars.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• You're off your trolley if you don't buy spare batteries for your smoke alarm  124 Kb
  Smoke Alarm Maintenance advert used on supermarket trolleys.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• The Government's Response to the Electoral Commission's Report: 
  The Shape of Elections to come - A Strategic Evaluation of the 2003 Electoral Pilots Schemes.
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• Don't forget! Check the battery in your smoke alarm  291 Kb
  Fire safety banner used at stations.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• Working smoke alarms save lives  692 Kb
  Fire safety campaign poster.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• Smoke alarms for the home  359 Kb
  Information on buying, installing and looking after smoke alarms.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• Smoke alarms - know the facts 
  Fire safety information for the 'Push the Button!' Not your Luck' campaign on smoke alarm maintenance.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 17, 2003  
• 4/2003: Fire Service Emergency Cover - presentation strategy toolbox  327 Kb
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 12, 2003  
• 3/2003: Fire Service Emergency Cover - a review of stakeholder attitudes  299 Kb
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 12, 2003  
• Speech to Fire Conference 
  Speech by Nick Raynsford on 11 September 2003.
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: September 11, 2003  
• Review of Permitted Development Rights, Lichfield research Report Sep 2003  973 Kb
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• Delivering Sustainable Development in the Regions
  Speech by Phil Hope on 10 September 2003. 
  Section: About ODPM
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• Improving Employment Options for Homeless People Policy Brief 
  Section: Homelessness
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• New programmes - Capacity building in local government  26 Kb 
  A list to indicate some of the ideas ODPM/LGA are considering as possible new activities.
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• Instructions for tenderers - Capacity building in local government  33 Kb
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• Form of Tender - Capacity building in local government  21 Kb
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• Specification - Further development of the Capacity building programme  35 Kb
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• Invitation to Tender Letter - Capacity building in local government  175 Kb
  Section: Local Government
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• Reducing Regional Disparities in Prosperity  449 Kb
  Government response to ODPM Select Committee report.
  Section: Regions
  Added: September 10, 2003  
• Launch of Round 5 of the Beacon Council Scheme 
  Statement by The Rt. Hon Nick Raynsford MP.
  Section: Local Government
  Modified: September 9, 2003 (originally added July 2, 2003)  
• Excellence Through Procurement - LGA and ODPM Conference  207 Kb
  Conference publicity, agenda and booking forms for the conference taking place on Wednesday 22 October 2003.
  Section: Local Government
  Modified: September 9, 2003 (originally added August 21, 2003)  
• Participatory Planning for Sustainable Communities 
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 8, 2003  
• Tenth report for the Planning Inspectorate Executive Agency: 10th report 
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 8, 2003  
• Special Grant Report on special grants for reducing fire deaths  52 Kb
  Special Grant Report No 127, for those areas in England suffering the highest fatality rate.
  Section: Fire
  Added: September 8, 2003  
• Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC) Annual report 2002  278 Kb
  Section: Building Regulations
  Added: September 5, 2003  
• Consultation Paper on Proposed Changes To The Crichel Down Rules 
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 4, 2003  
• Annexes 1,2,3 - The Crichel Down Rules 
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 4, 2003  
• Appendix 2 - The Crichel Down Rules 
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 4, 2003  
• Appendix 1 
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 4, 2003  
• Covering Letter 
  Section: Planning
  Added: September 4, 2003  
• Housing Market Report: August 2003 
  Section: Housing
  Modified: September 4, 2003 (originally added September 3, 2003)  
• Introduction to assessing the impact of spatial interventions 
  Regeneration, Renewal and Regional Development
  Section: Urban Policy
  Added: September 2, 2003  
• Update: Special news supplement  141 Kb
  Prime Minister gives Cabinet backing to Sustainable Communities Plan.
  Section: Sustainable Communities
  Added: September 1, 2003  
• Update: Delivering Sustainable Communities magazine  1942 Kb
  Issue 1, Summer 2003.
  Section: Sustainable Communities
  Added: September 1, 2003  
• Reducing Bed and Breakfast use and tackling homelessness  554 Kb
  A good practice handbook. Highlighting practical examples from local authorities schemes and processes, which can help, reduce or avoid the use of Bed and Breakfast accommodation as temporary accommodation under homelessness legislation.
  Section: Homelessness
  Added: September 1, 2003