England

How an appeal has set a self-build precedent

11.07.2019

Andy Moger MRTPI considers the importance of an appeal against a Leicestershire council that failed to demonstrate that the 133 single dwellings it had already approved met the legal definition of self-build...

MoD lodges application for radar shelters at RAF intelligence station

10.07.2019

Huw Morris

England | Harrogate Borough Council | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has made a planning application to build extra shelters to protect radar equipment at an RAF base in North Yorkshire.

Why we made a placemaking toolkit for the LGBT community

09.07.2019

Yohanna Weber

An LGBT+ place-making toolkit has been published to support the protection and development of LGBT+...

Planning toolkit to help LGBT+ community set to be unveiled

09.07.2019

Huw Morris

A toolkit for planners to shape policy and encourage best practice to meet the needs of the LGBT+ community is due to be unveiled later this week.

The interim report by the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission also demands that “great weight” should be placed on securing beauty in the planning system, with communities given an early and more effective voice in the planning process to help

Report calls for retail parks to be reimagined as mixed-use community schemes

09.07.2019

Huw Morris

Retail parks and supermarkets should be turned into mixed developments for communities served by public transport under wide-ranging recommendations by a government adviser for better design in the planning system.

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Jodrell Bank is declared a World Heritage Site

08.07.2019

Huw Morris

England | Heritage | Jodrell Bank Observatory | world heritage site

Jodrell Bank Observatory has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its outstanding contribution to scientific history.

MPs criticise lack of clarity in government’s £12bn Local Growth Fund

08.07.2019

Huw Morris

An influential committee of MPs has accused the government of a lack of transparency and accountability over its £12 billion investment in the Local Growth Fund.