North East

Appeal: No 'healthy' takeaway where quarter of children are overweight

17.07.2019

A hot food takeaway serving only ‘healthy food options’ will not be allowed in an area where one in four 11 and 12-year-olds is overweight.

£4m for Grimsby regeneration

11.07.2019

Laura Edgar

grimsby | North East | Regeneration

Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry has committed a further £4 million to the regeneration of Grimsby.

Proposed Scunthorpe Stadium / Frank Whittle Partnership

Scunthorpe United prepare for new stadium after delay that cost club ‘millions’

04.07.2019

Lydia Till

Scunthorpe United FC have received planning consent for a £30 million redevelopment of their existing stadium almost a year after submitting plans to North Lincolnshire Council in August 2018.

RTPI president says North York Moors mine sets benchmark for sustainability

03.07.2019

Lydia Till

RTPI president Ian Tant has visited the North York Moors as part of his recent two-day presidential trip to Yorkshire.

Go North & multiply

25.06.2019

Martin Read

Brexit may have hogged the headlines since 2016, but plans to transform the north of England into a ‘Northern Powerhouse’ have continued to simmer quietly. Martin Read reports on the launch of RTPI research...

Appeal: Costs awarded against council for ignoring HMO appeal precedents

07.06.2019

Matt Moody

Durham County Council must pay costs for refusing to allow an HMO despite evidence from other appeals demonstrating that a policy test justifying the scheme had been met, an inspector has ruled.

Joined-up planning is required in the North, says report

30.05.2019

Laura Edgar

Joined-up planning across the north of England is required to encourage growth and prosperity in not only metropolitan areas but also ‘neglected’ towns and communities.

Brokenshire is pressed to reject Northumberland coal mine

15.05.2019

Laura Edgar

Communities secretary James Brokenshire has been urged to reject planning permission for an opencast coal mine at Druridge Bay because the UK has enough coal.

Northern MPs write to Hammond about transport investment

01.05.2019

Laura Edgar

Infrastructure - Transport | North East | North West | Northern powerhouse

Over 80 MPs have written to chancellor Philip Hammond to start the debate about what is needed regarding a commitment to the full Transport for the North Strategic Plan.

Harrogate cancels Crescent Garden sale

08.04.2019

Huw Morris

Crescent Gardens – the iconic former headquarters of Harrogate Borough Council – is to be put back on the market after a contract to sell it to a developer was cancelled.

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