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Perry gives green light to fracking at controversial Lancashire site

25.07.2018

Huw Morris

Shale gas company Cuadrilla is expected to start fracking at a well in Lancashire in the next few weeks after a minister rubber-stamped its application.

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Wirral Council considers green belt land release in local plan

18.07.2018

Laura Edgar

brownfield | Green Belt | North West | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | wirral council

The deputy leader of Wirral Council has said releasing green belt land in the area’s local plan to meet housing will be a ‘last resort’, as the cabinet is set to meet to discuss plans.

Appeal: Billboard replacement allowed as inspector rules no harm to area’s amenity

17.07.2018

Huw Morris

Ardwick | Business & Enterprise | Inspector Gareth Wildgoose | Manchester | North West

An appeal has been allowed and express consent granted for the replacement of a billboard in Manchester with smaller advertising display after an inspector said it would not harm the area’s character...

Liverpool City Region receives new funding from government

13.07.2018

Prithvi Pandya

Economic Growth | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | Liverpool | North West

The government has announced a new funding agreement that will benefit residents, businesses and the local economy in the Liverpool City Region.

Appeal: Adult gaming centre blocked despite charity offer

12.07.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to convert a vacant café in Chorley into an ‘adult gaming centre’, despite the appellant’s offer to display local art in the window and donate a portion of...

Appeal: Visual and landscape impacts outweigh housing scheme’s merits

11.07.2018

Huw Morris

Allerdale Borough Council | Housing | landscape | Little Broughton | North West

A 64-home scheme in Cumbria has been blocked after an inspector decided that the harm to landscape and nearby residents outweighed the consideration that a council was using out-of-date limits on settlement...

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Appeal: New home would disrupt internationally important telescope

06.07.2018

Matt Moody

electricity | Environmental | North West | Technology | telescope

An inspector has refused plans for a five-bedroom home near Crewe because of potential disruption to the Jodrell Bank radio telescope, despite other approved and allocated housing in the area.

Approval for £175m Boddingtons Brewery project

02.07.2018

Prithvi Pandya

Prosperity Capital Partners has secured planning permission to develop Old Brewery Gardens in central Manchester, a scheme worth £175 million.

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Spatial framework for Greater Manchester delayed

02.07.2018

Laura Edgar

Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Greater Manchester Spatial Framework | North West | Plan Making - Spatial Planning

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has announced that the publication of the region’s spatial framework will be delayed until October 2018.

Burnham concerned by Heathrow expansion plans

25.06.2018

Prithvi Pandya

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has asked Prime Minister Theresa May for a guarantee that the Heathrow expansion will not reduce or delay transport investment in the north of England.

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