Today's entry explains the effect of the latest Localism Act
commencement order and what is yet to be brought into force.
The Localism Act 2011 contains a smorgasbord of measures under
the umbrella of localism, if you will excuse the mixed metaphor.
They are mainly in the area of local government governance and
planning. There are some housing provisions but those are outside
my area of expertise. The provisions of the Act are slowly being
brought into force either automatically by virtue of the Act itself
or through 'commencement orders'.
The fifth and latest order was published on Wednesday, and
brings a chunk of further provisions into force (a little
disjointedly on 9, 30 and 31 March and 1 and 6 April). As
foreshadowed in the previous blog post, this is the order that
brings all the changes to the Planning Act 2008 into force on 1
April, including the abolition of the Infrastructure Planning
Commission (IPC). There are several other provisions being
