North West

Enforcement: Cafe's pavement extension adds ‘vibrancy’ to shopping terrace

16.04.2019

An inspector has quashed enforcement action against a glazed forecourt cover structure added to one unit of an otherwise uniform row of shops in Manchester, ruling that it added ‘vibrancy’ to the street....

Warrington to get a link road

15.04.2019

Laura Edgar

chris grayling | congestion | Infrastructure - Transport | North West | Warrington

Transport secretary Chris Grayling has approved £142.5 million for a new Western Link, connecting the A56 at Chester Road with the A57 at Sankey Way in Warrington.

Appeal: Costs against council for ‘completely absent’ housing assessment

12.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector was ‘astonished’ that Blackpool Borough Council had failed to publish an assessment of its housing supply throughout the existence of its core strategy, ordering a full award of costs and...

Appeal: Adlington micro-pub would not disrupt adjoined flats

11.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans to convert a former florist’s into a micro-pub and brewery, ruling that the appellant’s plans to mitigate noise would be enough to avoid disruption to occupants of three...

Liverpool’s Princes Half Tide Dock / Shutterstock_273135620

Isle of Man Government wins approval for Liverpool ferry terminal

10.04.2019

Huw Morris

ferry | Infrastructure - Transport | Isle of Man | Liverpool | North West

Liverpool City Council has granted planning permission for the Isle of Man Government to build a ferry terminal.

Enforcement: Back-garden cricket practice cage deemed a building

04.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a back-garden cricket practice facility in Warrington comprising six posts and some netting, ruling that it constituted a building and therefore required...

Study to consider trans-Pennine roads improvements announced

25.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Highways England will lead a £300,000 study to consider major improvements to road links between the M65 in East Lancashire and parts of Yorkshire.

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RTPI and Liverpool City Region to tackle climate change

25.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Climate Change | liverpool city region | North West | Policy & Politics | RTPI

The RTPI and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority are working together to develop a climate resilience policy to be incorporated in the region’s emerging Spatial Development Strategy (SDS).

Latest concept for St Cuthbert's / Arup and Carlisle City Council

Carlisle appoints garden village masterplanner

14.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Arup | carlisle | Garden communities | North West | Plan Making - Master Planning

Carlisle City Council has appointed Arup as the masterplanner in the next phase for St Cuthbert’s Garden Village.

Appeal: Council must pay costs for ‘openness’ misinterpretation

01.03.2019

Matt Moody

Green Belt | high court | North West | openness | Rural

Warrington Borough Council must pay costs for failing to distinguish between ‘openness’ as it relates to green belt policy and openness as a descriptive term, in refusing plans for two agricultural buildings...

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