Leisure & Tourism

Wales round-up: GDPO relaxations announced to help high street, hospitality, and tourism sectors; Snowsports-themed attraction at Merthyr takes shape

16.04.2021

Roger Milne

Cymru | Leisure & Tourism | neil hemington | permitted development | Policy & Politics

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 10 April-16 April, 2021

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Snowsports-themed attraction at Merthyr takes shape

16.04.2021

Roger Milne

Cymru | Leisure & Tourism | Merthyr Tydfil | snow centre

Proposals to build one of Europe’s longest indoor ski slopes as part of an ambitious leisure complex and regeneration project in Merthyr Tydfil are taking shape.

Council backs Hertford Theatre redevelopment plans

15.04.2021

Laura Edgar

east hertfordshire | Leisure & Tourism | South East | theatre

East Herts District Council has granted planning permission for the redevelopment of Hertford Theatre.

‘UK’s largest’ film studio could feature in upcoming local plan

06.04.2021

Laura Edgar

film studio | Hertsmere Borough Council | Leisure & Tourism | South East

An application for Hertswood Studios, which would comprise a million square feet of film studio space, has been submitted for inclusion in Hertsmere Borough Council's local plan.

Berkshire film studio approved

30.03.2021

Laura Edgar

Berkshire | film studio | Leisure & Tourism | South East | university of reading

Wokingham Borough Council’s planning committee has granted planning approval for a temporary film studio in Shinfield, which is the first phase of a larger studio proposed for the site.

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Dartmoor line set to reopen with £40.5m Restoring Your Railway Fund

23.03.2021

Prithvi Pandya

The government has announced a £40.5 million Restoring Your Railway Fund to reopen the line between Exeter and Okehampton in the south-west of England.

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Appeal: West End theatre conversion would not be ‘sympathetically executed’

19.03.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a listed theatre and cinema in London’s West End into a hotel have been rejected following a 12-day inquiry, after an inspector ruled that the replacement basement cinema offered by the...

Green light for capital’s ambitious Kings Hall wellbeing project

19.03.2021

Roger Milne

Belfast City Council | Health | Leisure & Tourism | Northern Ireland

Belfast City Council has given the go-ahead this week for the second phase of the £100 million Kings Hall Health and Wellbeing Park in Belfast.

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Appeal: Costs levied on council for blocking Surrey music festival site

12.03.2021

Matt Moody

Elmbridge Borough Council ‘failed to apply national policy in a rational way’ by blocking plans to use green belt land near Walton-on-Thames for music festivals and other events, an inspector has ruled,...

Plans for new stadium / Everton Football Club

Football stadium approved for Everton

25.02.2021

Laura Edgar

Everton FC | Leisure & Tourism | Liverpool City Council | North West

Liverpool City Council’s planning committee has granted permission for Everton Football Club’s plans for a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock and outline permission for a community legacy project at Goodison Park.

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