Economic Growth

Ireland round-up: Regional strategy proposes key role for booming Galway; Go-ahead for Cork flood scheme

26.06.2020

Roger Milne

Cork | Economic Growth | flooding | Galway | Ireland

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 20 June-26 June, 2020

Wales round-up: Development agreement modified in bid to kick-start stalled Neath urban village; Mid-Wales growth deal shapes up

26.06.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news: 20 June-26 June, 2020 in Wales

Regional strategy proposes key role for booming Galway

26.06.2020

Roger Milne

Demographics & Population Growth | Economic Growth | Galway | Ireland

A first metropolitan area strategic plan (MASP) for Galway is the centrepiece of a newly published blueprint designed to help Ireland’s West and Border regions compete economically with the dominance of Dublin.

Guidance for Town Deals published

23.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Economic Growth | England | mhclg | town deal

The government has published guidance outlining how local leaders of the 100 selected towns for the £3.6 billion Towns Fund should prepare a Town Deal.

Covid-19: Planning expiry deadlines extended

22.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced that planning permission deadlines will be extended as the government puts in place measures to support the construction industry and ‘boost building’.

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Deregulate use class system to aid high street recovery, says retail guru

22.06.2020

Laura Edgar

The use class system should be deregulated and local authorities given the opportunity to develop an 'appropriate proposition' to attract people to live, work and play in towns, suggests a report.

Hills defends the planning profession

16.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Economic Growth | Policy & Politics | RTPI | UK | victoria hills

The planning system and the planning profession are not barriers to growth, RTPI chief executive Victoria Hills has insisted, describing the charge as ‘old-school thinking’.

Covid-19: West Midlands sets out plans for a green recovery

11.06.2020

Laura Edgar

The board of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has given the go-ahead to a blueprint that seeks to mitigate the effects of coronavirus (Covid-19) on the region with a green recovery.

News in brief: Funding bids for Whitehaven and Wolverhampton submitted; Government urged to commit to HS2 East

09.06.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 9 June, 2020

Eden Project eyes up Dundee for new venture

01.06.2020

Roger Milne

The international arm of the organisation behind the groundbreaking Eden Project in Cornwall has confirmed that it is investigating the feasibility of locating a scheme in Dundee.

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