Demographics & Population Growth

Solving Auckland’s affordability challenge

12.04.2017

Auckland is looking at greenfield development to meet its housing needs, but "Londoner-in-Brexile" George Weeks feels there may be a better option for New Zealand's most populous urban area...

Appeal: Less parking spaces required for elderly residents

04.04.2017

car parking | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly | Infrastructure - Transport | South East

Plans to construct 48 flats for people aged 55 and older in St Albans have been allowed despite a shortfall in parking spaces, after an inspector upheld a local plan policy reducing parking requirements for...

Appeal: Housing plan posed hard journeys for older people

28.03.2017

Plans for 10 age-restricted homes in Cornwall have been refused after an inspector determined that the walking distance to various dispersed facilities made the location unsustainable for older people....

Appeals round-up: Permission refused for new-build block after previous conversion collapsed; Nursing home’s sensitive design mitigates damage to country park view

12.03.2017

A round-up of appeal decisions: 4th-10th March 2017

Appeal: Nursing home’s sensitive design mitigates damage to country park vista

08.03.2017

Plans to construct a 60-bedroom nursing home as part of an elderly care village in Suffolk have been approved, after an inspector judged that the development's sensitive design would prevent damage to...

Appeals round-up: £12m anaerobic power plant ‘not of an appropriate scale’ for East Lothian area; Solar farm’s benefits cannot outweigh damage to green belt

05.03.2017

A round-up of appeal decisions: 27th February-3rd March 2017

Appeal: Assisted living community approved for former golf course site

03.03.2017

Proposals for a retirement and specialist care community comprising 100 homes have been approved on the site of a former golf course in Nottinghamshire.

Slower growth forecast to hit UK regions and cities

05.12.2016

Huw Morris

None of the UK’s regions or cities will be immune to slower growth over the next three years, with little progress to be made on rebalancing the economy.

Appeal: Leicester student accommodation will not cause demographic imbalance

29.11.2016

Martha Harris

Demographics & Population Growth | Housing | Leicester | student accomodation | West Midlands

The development of 279 student flats has been approved for a site in Leicester, after an inspector concluded that the scheme would not overburden the area with this type of residential development.

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Event preview: TCPA ‘Planning for an ageing population’ conference

24.11.2016

Martha Harris

The number of people in the UK living to 100 is expected to rise by 40 per cent by 2020, so planning needs to address the changing needs of the population, as Julia Thrift tells Martha Harris.

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