Technology

Huge new Ennis data centre shapes up

22.07.2021

Roger Milne

Ennis data centre | Infrastructure - Communications | Ireland | Technology

Proposals for a €1.2 billion data centre campus at Ennis were due to be lodged with Clare County Council this week.

Tech landscape: The digital planning notice that is opening the door to engagement

19.07.2021

Simon Wicks

Tasked with devising a digital approach to planning notices, Camden Borough Council and its partners are developing an app that could make the planning system more accessible for all

Appeal round-up: Private ambulance parking not allowed in green belt; Reserved matters approval refused despite design officer support

09.07.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 3 July-9 July, 2021

Appeal: Council must pay costs despite cyber-attack

09.07.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has ordered Hackney Borough Council to pay costs for failing to properly engage with an appeal concerning a roof extension in Shoreditch, commenting that the council’s ‘predicament’ did not ‘...

Northern Ireland round-up: Data migration issues delay roll-out of new planning; Planning applications in Northern Ireland increased in 2020

02.07.2021

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 26 June-2 July, 2021

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Data migration issues delay roll-out of new planning IT scheme

02.07.2021

Roger Milne

Northern Ireland | Technology | TerraQuest

Data migration issues look certain to delay the introduction of Northern Ireland’s new IT planning system, originally expected to be phased in from late 2021 to early 2022. Roll-out will be some months later.

Planning bills may come and go, but digitisation is here to stay

01.07.2021

Alex Tosetti

digitisation | plantech | Technology | UK | VU.CITY

The government’s Local Plan Pathfinder project is another step on the unstoppable march towards digital...

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Apps launched to help homeowners extend their homes

30.06.2021

Laura Edgar

England | permitted development | planning technology | robert jenrick | Technology

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced the creation of two apps to digitise the planning system and help homeowners improve and extend their homes.

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The Chesham and Amersham by-election makes the case for app-based consultations – and for meaningful engagement with the young

23.06.2021

Joshua Carson

We need to broaden the narrative around housebuilding so that it incorporates the stories of young people, argues Joshua Carson. The way to do that is to blend technology with a radical rethink of...

MMC is the future of housebuilding - but incentives are needed to speed its adoption

10.06.2021

Ian Atkinson

Modern methods of construction answers many of the sustainability, speed and quality challenges faced by the housebuilding industry. But adoption has been slow so far. The way to speed it up, argues Ian...

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