Planning news
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Bewdley town centre plans set to be unveiled
28 Aug 2008Preliminary plans for the redevelopment of the Dog Lane area of Bewdley are set to be unveiled in the town on Monday 1st September 2008. The proposed development will see a range of new and improved services for the community including a new medical centre, fire station, community hall, library, residential units (including affordable homes), [more]
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Massive regeneration for Leith Docks gets green light
28 Aug 2008The massive regeneration of Leith Docks was today granted outline planning permission by city councillors. The unanimous vote in favour followed a mammoth planning committee meeting. The scheme - one of the biggest planning applications ever to come before the council, is designed to create thousands of jobs, generate billions of pounds in investment and [more]
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Build new homes on green belt, says Policy Exchange think tank
22 Aug 2008The green belt is “not sacred” and should be built on to allow more affordable housing, a think tank has said. Policy Exchange said even the term itself is misleading and the Government should tackle the “myth” that land is a scarce resource in England. It said the debate around the green belt should be [more]
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House building industry pulls together to improve sustainability success rate
19 Aug 2008As house builders strive to meet the zero carbon homes target, the Good Homes Alliance (GHA) has teamed up with leading academics and other industry experts to launch a joint-venture to help improve the performance and sustainability of new homes. The project draws on pioneering, six-year analysis of over 700 units at Stamford Brook near [more]
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UK Coal gets green light for Pontefract scheme
19 Aug 2008UK Coal has got the go-ahead to redevelop the oldest mine site in Britain into a residential-led regeneration scheme. UK Coal has won planning from Wakefield Council to develop 917 homes and a business park on the 300-acre former Prince of Wales Colliery site at Pontefract in West Yorkshire. The scheme also includes retail outlets, [more]
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Road building costs increase by up to ?4 billion
19 Aug 2008The Campaign for Better Transport today revealed that the cost of the Highways Agency roads in the Government’s road building programme has now increased by up to ?4 billion. When the schemes entered the programme, they totalled ?4.45 billion, but are now predicted to cost up to 83% more than first thought, and could cost [more]
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Proposal to part-pedestrianise Parliament Square is halted
12 Aug 2008The Mayor of London has today announced that proposals for a ?18million scheme to part-pedestrianise Parliament Square will not proceed, due to serious concerns about increased traffic congestion, loss of green space, and cost. The Mayor acknowledged that a lot of good work had been carried out around the potential scheme but, having reviewed the [more]
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Development tax fails to live up to Milton Keynes model
12 Aug 2008Developers hit out at proposals that offer no guarantee of built infrastructure in return for contributions. One of the architects of the Milton Keynes roof tariff has criticised government plans for a local development levy to pay for infrastructure, which is based on the Milton Keynes example. Roger Humber, the strategic policy adviser to the [more]
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