Roger Milne

Glasgow derelict land initiative to be rolled out across Scotland

21.07.2014

Roger Milne

Towns and cities across Scotland are to benefit from the success of a pioneering Glasgow project which saw disused spaces in the city brought back to life as community gardens, performance spaces or for art installations.

Planning Bill highlighted in new Welsh legislative programme

21.07.2014

Roger Milne

Cymru | Local government bill | Local plans | Planning bill | UK

A promised Planning Bill is one of the highlights of the Welsh government’s latest legislative programme, first minister Carwyn Jones has announced.

ICE sounds warning over NI infrastructure planning

07.07.2014

Roger Milne

ICE | Infrastructure | Ireland | State of the Nation

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has urged the Northern Ireland Executive to publish a regional infrastructure plan and warned that the incoming Planning Reform Bill and next year’s devolution of planning powers to local councils risk having a “negative impact” on what the organisation...

Cardiff tells Westminster it needs more planning powers

07.07.2014

Roger Milne

Community Infrastructure Levy | Cymru | Development Management & Enforcement | Silk Commission | UK

The Welsh administration has formally told the UK government that it wants devolution to give Cardiff the powers to establish a Community Infrastructure Levy regime tailored to support “our distinct approach to development planning”.

Draft Irish national landscape strategy published

07.07.2014

Roger Milne

Environmental assessment/ sustainability appraisal | European Landscape Convention | Ireland | National Landscape Strategy

Jimmy Deenihan, the Republic of Ireland’s minister for arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht, has published a Draft National Landscape Strategy for consultation. It is planned to cover the period...

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