They have also called on rural planning authorities to set ambitious but achievable targets for affordable homes.
Local planning authorities would also be required to consult the agency when considering planning applications involving energy generation.
Setting up a factory on farmland required wrangling permissions from local planning authorities.
He urged planning authorities to release more land capable of supporting immediate development.
While Sydney is weighed down by a jumble of planning authorities, Mr Kennett has taken over planning authority for Melbourne.
The MoD says it has published a detailed Environmental and Land use Report on all aspects of the upgrade for planning authorities.
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According to representatives from energy company Scottish Power, local planning authorities have been unable to progress wind farm planning applications in a reasonable timescale.
Mr Heaton-Harris' Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) Bill would give local planning authorities the power to specify the minimum distance between turbines and homes.
He told the Times newspaper that the government had the right "aspirations" but the proposals currently did not allow planning authorities to make decisions in a "balanced way".
But how many parents are ready to hunt for premises, take on planning authorities and mug up the curriculum, particularly in inner cities where the need is greatest?
"We are asking members of the National Assembly to put pressure in the planning authorities to retain David Morgan as a department store, " said Plaid Cymru AM Owen John Thomas.
They say they flouted the law only because the planning authorities never answered their requests, or because they were too poor to go by the rulebook and desperately needed a roof over their head.
At least part of the reason for this may be that the planning authorities were lulled into a false sense of security by the chance of being in a quiet part of the long-term hurricane cycle.
Otter specialists work with the Highways Agency and planning authorities to try to ensure there is a safe route for the animals where possible, perhaps an underpass beneath a road or a ledge to enable them to walk clear of floodwater.
So the number of Conservative-run authorities planning council tax increases represents a serious challenge.
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There was no indication that the authorities were planning to intercept Mr Nasheed, our correspondent says.
To help accommodate the large flow of visitors, municipal authorities are planning to build a larger parking lot.
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It is still sitting in a warehouse, awaiting resolution of a land-planning dispute with the authorities over the factory location.
He said the Commons authorities were planning to ask for the money Mr Foster claimed in expenses to be given back.
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Local assembly member Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said the case raises questions about the role of neighbouring authorities in planning applications.
G-GAT provides planning advice for 12 authorities across south Wales.
In 1935 London's regional planners proposed the Metropolitan Green Belt and the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act encouraged local authorities to protect the land around towns and cities from building.
Now, authorities are planning to soon reduce charges to land and park planes at 80 smaller destinations across the country to give airlines more incentive to fly there, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said in an interview.
Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities had been planning to hold talks over the disputed territory.
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The authorities are accordingly planning to start at the grass roots, with partial elections for municipal councils next year.
Simon Wells from npower agreed that the lack of skills and the lack of specialists within local authorities were preventing planning applications from being processed.
Under the National Planning Policy Framework, local authorities are required to work out future housing needs in their area, and then allocate sufficient land to meet it.
Abolishing the targets imposed on all areas outside London handed local authorities more power over planning.
British authorities say they were planning to blow up the aircraft using liquid chemicals brought onboard a plane on carry-on luggage.
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