Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood

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News in brief: Inverness Campus centre plans revised; NPPF changes hit Fareham hard, says councillor

14.08.2018

The Planner

Health | Inverness | NPPF | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | UK

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 14 August, 2018

Scotland round-up: Sturgeon signs off £1.3bn city regional deal for Edinburgh and SE Scotland; Capital transport deliberations

09.08.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 4 August-10 August, 2018

Wales round-up: Detailed proposals submitted for key Swansea city centre redevelopment; Cardiff housing scheme makes progress

09.08.2018

Roger Milne

Cymru | Environmental | Housing | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Policy & Politics

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 4 August-10 August, 2018

Councils urged to use planning powers to press forward housebuilding

Councils urged to use planning powers to press forward on housebuilding

09.08.2018

Huw Morris

England | Housing | lga | Local Government Association | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood

The body representing councils is signalling an end to polarised arguments about housing development that blames slow building rates on planning authorities or developers land banking.

News report: Are we digging enough to build 300,000 homes?

07.08.2018

Laura Edgar

The minerals industry needs a clearer picture of future demand if it is to keep pace with the government's housebuilding and infrastructure ambitions, finds Laura Edgar

Green belt review called for / iStock-638005198

‘Strategic shrinking’ of green belt as harmful as building on it, says CPRE

06.08.2018

Laura Edgar

Reviewing green belt boundaries as part of the local plan process should only take place in exceptional circumstances – but this ‘strategic shrinking’ of the green belt is as ‘harmful’ as building on it, according to the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).

Lovell signs £45m regeneration programme in Hatfield

01.08.2018

Prithvi Pandya

Housing developer Lovell has signed a development agreement with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (WHBC) to deliver a £45 million regeneration programme to transform the heart of south Hatfield in Hertfordshire.