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Welcome to ADEPT
ADEPT is the voice of local authority place directors and their teams. Our members manage vital local services - from highways, waste, recycling and planning - while also preparing for the challenges and opportunities of the future. ADEPT is a membership based, voluntary organisation with members across England.
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Introducing Explore: helping local councils make better decisions for people and places
By Tim Sunderland, Natural EnglandLocal authorities make a wide range of decisions that shape how places grow and how communities thrive, often working across complex systems and competing priorities. To support this, Natural England and partners…
Live Labs 2 blog – East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Decarbonising Street Lighting project update
This month’s blog comes from Karl Rourke, the project lead for the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Decarbonising Street Lighting project. Now that we are reaching the end of the third and final year of our project to investigate whether it’s…
ADEPT responds to proposed planning reforms
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on Proposed Reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Other Changes to the Planning…
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