The government is to grant the Homes and Communities Agency, its new housing and regeneration quango, the planning powers of a local authority, it became clear this week. The powers are a significant advance on those of English Partnerships (EP) and the Housing Corporation, the two bodies that the agency is designed to replace. The details were revealed in the Housing and Regeneration Bill published last Friday. This gives the new agency the power to create development corporations in areas designated by the communities secretary.
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