North East

Redcar regeneration plan envisages 20,000 jobs

19.10.2017

Huw Morris

Around 20,000 jobs could be created under a 25-year plan to regeneration the former steel plant at Redcar.

Appeal: Takeaway refused because of local child obesity concerns

27.09.2017

An inspector has ruled that controlling the proliferation of fast-food outlets ‘has a role to play’ in addressing childhood obesity in Wallsend, North Tyneside, where at least 25 per cent of year...

Grayling outlines plans for TransPennine digital railway

25.09.2017

Huw Morris

The government is developing plans for the UK’s first digital intercity railway in the North as part of a £13 billion package for improving journeys in the region.

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Appeal: Council must pay costs for unreasonably refusing 285-home scheme

21.09.2017

An inspector ordered Northumberland County Council to pay costs for causing an unnecessary appeal by withholding permission for 285 homes in Northumberland, calling its approach to NPPF paragraph 14 ‘...

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Battery storage scheme completed in Gateshead

18.09.2017

Laura Edgar

battery storage | Gateshead | Infrastructure - Energy | North East

The installation of one of the country’s largest commercial battery storage schemes has been completed for Gateshead Council.

Appeal: Student accommodation refused in Durham despite ‘proven need’

15.09.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | Durham | Housing | North East | student accommodation

Plans for a 60-room student accommodation block in Durham have been blocked despite a manifest need for 4,000 extra rooms by 2020, after an inspector afforded the council’s development plan more weight...

North of England needs 500,000 homes within 10 years

13.09.2017

Laura Edgar

A national housebuilding drive is needed for the north of England – a new report suggests that 500,000 more homes are required in the next 10 years to meet the region’s growth ambitions.

Appeal: Housing shortfall need not always trigger NPPF tilted balance, says inspector

08.09.2017

An inspector has refused plans for 165 homes on greenfield land near Harrogate, after ruling that the ‘tilted balance’ of NPPF paragraph 14 should not automatically be engaged when there is a...

Appeal: 80% increase in footprint will not harm green belt openness

07.09.2017

Business & Enterprise | Green Belt | high court | North East | Rural

An inspector has approved plans for a replacement industrial unit in the Rotherham green belt with an increase in footprint of 80 per cent, citing a judge’s ruling that green belt openness is not only...

Appeal: Inspector cites Javid on green belt boundary ruling

30.08.2017

An inspector has refused permission for 10 ‘executive dwellings’ in Northumberland, ruling that the scheme would be inappropriate development after referring to Sajid Javid’s ruling on...

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