England round-up: £190m Tees Valley investment, Gatwick Express and Thameslink routes get new carriages

A round up of planning news in England: 15 November-21 November, 2014
£190m funding for Tees Valley
A funding package worth £190 million announced for Tees Valley will enable up to 1,500 homes to be built.
Gatwick Express and Thameslink routes get new carriages
Rail minister Claire Perry has welcomed an investment worth £300 million for new carriages on Gatwick Express and Thameslink routes.
Crossrail stations to be step-free
Transport minister Baroness Kramer says a £14 million investment will ensure that all stations that are part of the Crossrail project will be step-free.
Bilsthorpe power station plans approved
Plans for a £70 million power station on the site of a former colliery in Nottinghamshire have been approved.
Former Dorking magistrates court set to become retirement homes
Dorking’s former courthouse is set to be converted into retirement homes after being sold to developers this week.
Cinderford £100m regeneration plans approved
A £100m regeneration of a former Forest of Dean mining area will go ahead after plans were approved.
Manchester's 'Dutch-style' cycle lanes on Oxford Road revealed
A vision of "Dutch-style" cycle lanes on one of Manchester's busiest roads has been unveiled.
Village ‘cannot cope’ with more housing
Barrow-upon-Soar cannot cope with any more housing developments, said councillors in a meeting to determine the outcome of for up to 70 new homes off Cotes Road.
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