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Appeal: Shipping container café allowed despite ‘design shortcomings’

01.03.2019

Matt Moody

building design | business | community facility | Community Infrastructure | Design | highway safety | Yorkshire

Plans for a café composed of two converted shipping containers on a brownfield plot in Wakefield can go ahead, after an inspector ruled that the proposed ‘positive and effective use of the site’ outweighed...
LDO approved for Berkshire business park

07.01.2019

Laura Edgar

Berkshire | business | Business & Enterprise | Economic Growth | England | local development order | West Berkshire Council

West Berkshire Council has approved a Local Development Order (LDO) for a business park near Newbury, in an attempt to make the site grow faster.
3 point plan: Emma Langmaid

15.09.2017

Emma Langmaid

business | communications | Cymru | Professional Development

A planner explains how they would change the Welsh planning system
Appeal: Modular Timpson’s ‘pod’ too small to harm local businesses

01.08.2017

business | Business & Enterprise | East of England | Finance & Viability | retail

An inspector has granted permission for a modular Timpson’s ‘pod’ in a Sainsbury’s car park despite its proximity to Spalding town centre, ruling that its small scale meant it would...
Northern Ireland round-up: Major business park proposed for Newry; Plans for boutique hotel at 12th century Portaferry castle

15.07.2016

Roger Milne

business | Business & Enterprise | Community Engagement | Housing | Infrastructure | Newry | Northern Ireland

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 9 July-15 July, 2016