Councils will be required to report on the total amount
of funding received from housing developers and how it was spent. A reformed
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) accounts for every pound of property
developers’ cash, levied on new buildings. Builders already have to pay up for
roads, schools, GP surgeries, and parkland needed when local communities
expand. In 2016/17 alone they paid £6bn toward local infrastructure. Read more
on 24housing.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
That...
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