The Hobbs Parker Blogs

In the latest of the Coalition Government’s reforms to the planning system Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced today that Regional Planning Strategies are to be revoked with immediate effect.

The Regional Planning Strategies (of which ‘The South East Plan’ was the adopted Regional Plan for the South East of England) were brought in by the previous Government and set regional targets to build 3 million homes nationally by 2020, however the new Government claims that these centrally imposed building targets have failed to increase house building and that much of the country is facing the lowest peacetime house building rates since 1924.

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The Hobbs Parker Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Rimmer as the company’s new Chairman.  Jon will take over from Richard Wood who, after 30 years with the company, is due to retire later this year.  Although Richard will be spending more time away from the offices, he will be undertaking some consultancy work and so will remain a familiar face at livestock auctions through 2011.

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For details of the office suite(s) available within the Invicta Business Centre which is part of the Ashford Market complex please click here.

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