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The Place Director of the Future

26/05/2026

Katie Stewart, the new president of ADEPT and Executive Director Environment at the City of London Corporation, on the evolving demands of place leadership.

Highway Maintenance Budgets: The Long View

23/05/2025

Mark Stevens, ADEPT, talks about local authority highway maintenance budgets, looking at how they have been impacted over the years by funding cuts.

ADEPT releases new guidance on commuted sums

21/05/2024

Local place directors have issued new guidance on charging developers for future asset maintenance under the commuted sums system.

Place directors under ‘immense pressure’ publish strategic objectives

03/10/2023

Place directors have called for action on planning, infrastructure and the environment, including a financial regime enabling councils to build more affordable and ‘climate-ready’ homes.

Commissioners appointed at Liverpool City Council

10/06/2021

Surrey CC’s chief executive Joanna Killian will be part of the team of independent commissioners who will oversee improvements at Liverpool City Council, local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced today.

Call for inspection pause in case of Brexit hit

10/04/2019

Council chiefs have urged Whitehall to be ready to ease pressures on the sector for up to six months if Brexit threatens to stretch capacity.

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