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Further delay for Northern Ireland’s new IT planning system

20.05.2022

Roger Milne

Department for infrastructure | Northern Ireland | Technology

Northern Ireland’s new regional planning IT system has suffered more delays and is now scheduled to be up and running in October.

Site by Dublin Airport slated for 3,000 homes

30.10.2014

Roger Milne

Comer Homes | Dublin Airport | Housing | Ireland | M50 | plans

Galway developers the Comer brothers have announced plans to invest €1.5 billion in developing 3,000 homes, manufacturing space and a science park on land between Dublin Airport and the M50 motorway.
Plaid Cymru conference votes to scrap LDPs

30.10.2014

Roger Milne

Cardiff City Council | Cymru | Housing | Llangollen | local development plan | Welsh communities | Welsh language

Delegates at the Plaid Cymru conference voted last weekend to scrap local development plans (LDPs) after insisting the system would lead to massive over-development, an influx of people from England and the destruction of Welsh language...
High-rise village secures planning permission

30.10.2014

Laura Edgar

Barton WIllmore | Birmingham City Council | high-rise development | Housing | PegasusLife | Regeneration | Sutton Coldfield | West Midlands

One of the country’s first-high rise developments exclusively for older people has been granted planning permission.
Brownfield sites available for development

29.10.2014

Laura Edgar

Brandon Lewis | brownfield | DCLG | England | Green Belt | Housing | planning permission

Figures published by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) suggest that thousands of homes could be built on brownfield sites ripe for development.
London skatepark gains protected status

29.10.2014

Laura Edgar

Grade II listed | Heritage | Hornchurch | London | Rom Skatepark | skateboarding

An icon of the 1970s British skateboard scene has been awarded Grade II protected status.

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Ground controllers: How planners are supporting the UK's burgeoning space industry

In the next few months, a small satellite will be propelled into orbit from the UK for the first time. Huw Morris reports on an embryonic industry that is already a strategic priority – and the planners helping to turn the UK into a place for space
Carbon conscience: An interview with Sophus Zu Ermgassen

Sophus zu Ermgassen is an ecological economist whose work analyses the costs and benefits of everything environmental, from rewilding to insulation. He tells Simon Wicks why we need to radically rethink our housebuilding model – and our economy
The ABC of BNG: The view from the RTPI

Having taken part in The Planner/Environment Bank webinar, Richard Blyth – the RTPI’s head of policy and practice – raised a number of questions about BNG’s integration with local plans and the degree of democratic engagement within the Environment Bank model. He shared his thoughts with Simon Wicks

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