England round-up: Government needs a ‘comprehensive strategy’ to achieve housing targets; MPs express concerns over Right to Buy scheme

A round-up planning news in England: 6 February-12 February, 2016
Government needs a ‘comprehensive strategy’ to achieve housing targets
The government needs to develop a more “comprehensive strategy” if it is to achieve its house building targets, and it must go beyond home ownership, according to UK housing industry professionals.
The Planner
Government launches tidal lagoons review
The government has announced an independent review into the feasibility and practicality of tidal lagoon energy in the UK.
The Planner
Consultation launched for Rural Planning Review in England
Ministers are soliciting evidence to be submitted for the government’s Rural Planning Review.
The Planner
MPs express concerns over Right to Buy scheme
The Communities and Local Government (CLG) Committee has laid out its concerns over funding of the Right to Buy scheme in a report.
The Planner
Heseltine launches estates regeneration panel
A panel of experts has been convened to consider how the layout of housing estates can best be used to deliver more quality homes available for rent and buy.
The Planner
RTPI publishes updated Code of Conduct
The RTPI has published an updated Code of Conduct, which is already in effect.
The Planner
Mark Ruffalo’s message to David Cameron
Actor Mark Ruffalo speaks to The Guardian about fracking.
Bond Dickinson advises Grainger on £57.3m London PRS acquisition
Bond Dickinson has advised GRIP, the market-let UK residential property fund owned by Grainger and APG, on its £57.3 million acquisition of Kew Bridge Court Guernsey Limited. The site includes private rented flats, houses and car parking spaces.
Bond Dickinson
Changes to the King’s Cross gyratory
In partnership with the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington, TfL has been reviewing the road network at King’s Cross with the aim of delivering substantial improvements. Changes have been made to question two of the survey.
Transport for London
Local plan to go for approval by full council this month
Cheshire East Council's Local Plan Strategy to shape development across the borough up to 2030 has moved a step closer to being put in place.
alderleyedge.com
Funding announced for south west rail infrastructure study
The Department for Transport and Great Western Railway have announced funding for a study looking at improvements to rail infrastructure between London and Devon and Cornwall.
European Railway Review
Plans submitted for castle restoration costing £6 million
A medieval castle will be fully open to the public for the first time if a £6 million project receives lottery backing.
Hereford Times
Murphy secures London Overground electrification contract
UK rail infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded a £60 million multidisciplinary design-and-build contract to J Murphy & Sons to support the electrification of the London Overground route between Gospel Oak and Barking.
Railway Technology
First-time buyers’ ‘£50,000 rent bill’
First-time buyers in England who buy a house this year will already have spent an average of £52,900 on rent, suggests research for a landlords’ trade body.
BBC News
Great Central Railway to be joined after 40 years
Work to reconnect two parts of a railway line that was divided into two more than three decades ago is set to begin.
BBC News
Cuadrilla appeal over Lancashire fracking refusal
An energy firm appealing against a decision to refuse fracking said the inquiry was not about the "rights or wrongs" of shale gas extraction.
BBC News
London Assembly planning committee asks for more guidance on viability
The London Assembly planning committee has written to the London mayor Boris Johnson to “urge [him] to bring forward supplementary planning guidance on viability assessments in London" and that there is a “strong case for a new approach to viability”.
Out-Law.com
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