Housing

Appeal: Inspector overrules local plan to allow 50% affordable scheme

18.08.2017

affordable housing | flood risk | Housing | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | South West

Permission has been granted for 92 homes near Gloucester, half of which would be designated affordable, after an inspector overruled local housing policy and dismissed concerns about flooding and landscape...

£45.5m investment to unlock homes in Leicestershire and South -East

18.08.2017

Laura Edgar

Highways England has announced a number of road improvements schemes worth £45 million that could create more than 6,000 jobs and 10,000 homes in Leicestershire and the South East.

England round-up: Khan releases finalised supplementary planning guidance; Greater Manchester Spatial Framework timetable published

18.08.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 12 August-18 August, 2017

Saffron Walden / Geograph: M J Richardson

Appeal: Inspector blocks 18-home scheme despite housing shortfall

18.08.2017

Matt Moody

East of England | five-year housing supply | Housing

An inspector has blocked plans for 18 homes near Saffron Walden, Essex, despite the area’s housing supply shortfall, upholding all four of the local council's reasons for refusal at appeal.

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Ireland round-up: Vacant homes strategy takes shape; Cork City Council rejects land offer and seeks bigger border change

18.08.2017

Roger Milne

empty homes | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Ireland | solar farms

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 12 August-18 August, 2017

Northern Ireland round-up: Belfast backs new power station project; Andersonstown Leisure Centre £25 million transformation approved

18.08.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 12 August-18 August, 2017

Scotland round-up: Edinburgh’s business plan calls for 20,000 affordable homes; Urquhart solar farm approved

18.08.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 12 August-18 August, 2017

Irish vacant homes strategy takes shape

17.08.2017

Roger Milne

empty homes | Eoghan Murphy | Housing | Ireland | vacant property

Irish housing and planning minister Eoghan Murphy says consideration will be given to incentivising elderly people in nursing homes to rent out their homes, in cases where the care is financed by the government’s Fair Deal scheme.

Scottish capital’s business plan calls for 20,000 affordable homes

17.08.2017

Roger Milne

affordable housing | City of Edinburgh council | Housing | Scotland

Edinburgh’s new coalition administration has published a five-year business plan for the city that commits to the construction of 20,000 affordable new homes and extending the tram network to Newhaven.

Greater Manchester Spatial Framework timetable published

17.08.2017

Laura Edgar

The second draft of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) won’t be developed until the new year and then published in June 2018, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority has announced.

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