Infrastructure - Transport

Legal briefs: Hackney ruling highlights disclosure issues; Fast-track Dublin 15 scheme consent quashed

03.07.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 27 June-3 July, 2020

Mixed views on the prime minister’s Covid-19 recovery plan

01.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Professionals across the built environment sector have broadly welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to reform the planning system in a bid to help the country recover from Covid-19, but some have cautioned against further deregulation.

Johnson outlines plans to change the use classes order

30.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out new regulations that will see buildings and land changing use without planning permission, with a policy paper due in July outlining how ‘England’s seven-decade-old planning system will be reformed for modern society’.

New bus interchange for Cardiff / Shutterstock_716864656

Planner Live Online: Local control over transport spending will accelerate a green recovery

30.06.2020

Simon Wicks

Local authorities should not have to be competing for small pots of ring-fenced money within a fragmented transport funding landscape.

The Planner – read our July 2020 edition

30.06.2020

The Planner

Housing | Infrastructure - Green | Infrastructure - Transport | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | UK

The July 2020 copy of The Planner is now available as a digital edition to all RTPI members and magazine subscribers. Features this month include two winning RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence projects and the latest in our series on how Covid-19 could change the...

Nations and regions focus: Ireland

28.06.2020

The Planner

What’s happening in Ireland? Here’s a round-up of key projects and events in 2020

How will coronavirus change transport planning?

26.06.2020

Simon Wicks

The Covid-19 crisis is prompting councils to ‘reallocate’ road space to encourage active travel and enable pedestrians to get around safely. Measures are temporary but, asks Simon Wicks, does this herald a...

Delivering decent cycling infrastructure shouldn't mean pedalling through a political minefield

26.06.2020

Andrew Brown

Difficulties with accessing funding and lack of local political expertise are holding us back from delivering more and better cycling infrastructure, says Andrew Brown

Appeal: Garage ‘too small for a car’ can become a study

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved the conversion of a domestic garage into a study, ruling that the scheme would not result in the loss of a parking space because the garage was already too small to park a car in....

Appeals round-up: Back-garden skate ramp would disturb relatives next door; Modular beauty pod allowed despite vacant shop units

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 May-12 June, 2020

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