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News analysis: More than 100 councils are underdelivering

14.04.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | housing delivery test | mhclg

Following months of delays, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published the results of t

Ireland round-up: Dublin’s tallest tower sparks conservation row; Phibsborough shopping centre wrangle

12.04.2019

Roger Milne

An Bord Pleanala | Heritage | Ireland | tall buildings | wind farm

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 6 April-12 April, 2019
Scotland round-up: Key infrastructure funding boosts Ravenscraig development; Natural capital on the up

12.04.2019

Roger Milne

Edinburgh marina | Fife | Infrastructure - Transport | Natural capital | north lanarkshire | Regeneration | Scotland

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 6 April-12 April, 2019
Wales round-up: Swansea city regeneration gathers pace; Pembrokeshire seeks information on illegal tree felling

12.04.2019

Roger Milne

Cymru | Newport | pembrokeshire | Regeneration | Swansea | trees

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 6 April-12 April, 2019
Hospital and BTR block approved for Belfast

12.04.2019

Roger Milne

Belfast | Build to Rent | Health | hospital | Housing | Northern Ireland

Two major projects in the capital were approved this week by the city council’s planning committee – a new £250 million children’s hospital in west Belfast, and revised and reconsidered plans for the city’s first build-to-rent apartment scheme earmarked for a conservation area in the city centre...
Dublin’s tallest tower sparks conservation row

12.04.2019

Roger Milne

An Bord Pleanala | An Taisce | Dublin | Heritage | Ireland

The go-ahead for the country’s tallest building in the heart of Dublin has been branded a ‘catastrophic error’ that could scupper the capital’s chance of World Heritage Site status for its historic core.

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Small wonders: Can micro-living help to solve our housing woes?

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Tech landscape: Into the flow

#Plantech has tended to focus on intelligent data gathering and sorting, but what about the fundamental processes that drive planning? Simon Wicks finds out about Motif, workflow software for planners, and planners alone.
Council mergers: When two become one

This month sees the merging of council planning departments in Dorset, Somerset and Suffolk. Mark Smulian reports on the logic behind municipal unification.

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