As tax revenues have fallen over the past three years of recession, and austerity became the default policy of local governments, the public sector has been steadily hemorrhaging employees and cutting back on services.
Steve Colella, chairman of the parish council and a district councillor, said they had asked a legal advisor to look into whether the application conformed to the National Planning Policy Framework and the local plan.
Brian Cookson, treasurer for the union and from Staffordshire, said staff wanted an appraisal that was "supportive and helped them to develop", rather than the "punitive" policy adopted by the local authority.
This will notably be carried in conjunction with a number of exchange workshops with key cultural stakeholders, to ensure the local relevance and application of the finalised policy orientation for the country's cultural industries.
They say that good local planning policy should have the support and consent of local people.
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According to Mr Sargeant the Welsh Government sets the broad policy agenda for local authorities in Wales.
The report - an annual report on the local authority's allotment policy - will be considered by next week's planning, environment and development committee.
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In the wealthy Gulf, a policy to replace the expatriate faculty with local staff has also lowered standards.
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Similarly, his programme for fairness in taxation would replace the council tax with a local income tax - that is already the next policy many Lib Dems fear Tony Blair is going to cannibalise.
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If the current law is amended, though, enforcement will be in the hands of the local governments, said Mario Lap, a drug policy advisor and the director of the Amsterdam-based Drugtext Foundation.
The government lobbied the World Bank, and the bank eventually changed its policy to allow the tariff and protect the local industry.
But the wisdom of that policy is based on the premise that state and local governments will make wise investments in vital infrastructure and public services.
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"We try to proactively engage with policy makers at the local level, the state level and the federal level, " Conway said.
The old policy was tolerable since local governments could also usually dissuade power companies from disconnecting factories that could not pay their bills.
In a letter to all councils, Mr Murphy and shadow communities and local government secretary Hilary Benn urged local authorities to adopt the policy.
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And there are policy lessons in the local Petri dishes, too.
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.
The free school policy responds to local demand from parents.
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Housing sales picked up in the second quarter, with first-time home buyers and those moving up accelerated purchases as the central bank eased policy and local governments lifted some restrictions.
It is hoped it will constitute a reference point for policy makers at the local level, as well a basis for the exchange of knowledge between researchers, city professionals and local authorities on developing inclusive cities.
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The debate was also used to give MEPs the chance to question the Commission on the role of the Common Fisheries Policy in developing local economies, such as creating jobs for coastal communities and sustaining traditional cultures.
"The preliminary work on the future transport needs of the ciity was originally undertaken in 1990s and a Supertram scheme was identified as the most effective and efficient way of creating extra capacity in the local transport network, " said the chamber's director of policy Ian Williams.
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Mr Williams, who is the leader of the local Plaid Cymru Group, a member of Pembrokeshire's National Park Authority and Chairman of its Development Management Committee, has suggested that the local authority should actively pursue a policy of compulsory purchasing second homes, claiming "this crisis needs that sort of action".
The new Thai government that came in last November seems less in thrall to the murky business interests in the army, local government and commerce that have long warped official policy when it reaches the border.
Opening a Commons debate on the matter on 20 October 2011, planning minister Greg Clark said the new National Planning Policy Framework would "put power in the hands of local people" by giving them a greater say about developments in their area.
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The report, written by the New Policy Institute (NPI) for the foundation, found 232 local authorities had devised schemes that would demand council tax from everyone regardless of income, while 58 will retain current levels of support for families.
This is in part because of the risks they face from local opposition and changes in government policy (seeing Germany's nuclear-power stations, which the government had until then seen as safe, shut down after Fukushima sent a chilling message to the industry).
The China Real Estate Index System (CREIS) data indicates that the property market is being supported by monetary policy easing, as well as efforts by the local governments to stimulate housing purchases.
In social as in economic policy, the government prefers local experimentation and piecemeal expansion.
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