canal

Appeal: Aldi store approved despite Lidl objections

22.02.2019

Matt Moody

buses | Business & Enterprise | canal | Finance & Viability | heritage assets | supermarkets | town centre | West Midlands

Plans for a new Aldi store on the outskirts of Whitchurch, Shropshire, have been approved, despite objections from rival supermarket Lidl, who argued the impact on its town centre store would be ‘...
Appeal: 135-home scheme would not harm Forth & Clyde canal

31.07.2018

Matt Moody

building design | canal | Heritage | Housing | housing allocation | Scheduled Ancient Monument | Scotland

An inspector has approved a housing scheme comprising townhouses and four-storey blocks on the edge of Glasgow, finding no harm to the setting of the protected canal that runs alongside the site.
Appeal: Affordable housing provision in 107-home scheme outweighs listed building harm

04.05.2017

affordable housing | canal | Heritage | Housing | listed building | West Midlands

Plans to construct 107 homes near Coventry have been allowed despite some harm to nearby listed buildings and a conservation area, after an inspector ruled that the provision of 75 per cent affordable homes...
Northern Ireland round-up: £47m canal scheme makes headway; report recommends M1 and M2 hard shoulders be used to ease congestion

03.09.2015

Roger Milne

Belfast | canal | Derry | Infrastructure | Northern Ireland

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 29 August-4 September, 2015
£47m canal scheme makes headway in Northern Ireland

03.09.2015

Roger Milne

Belfast | canal | Lisburn | Northern Ireland | Regeneration

An ambitious £46 million plan to reopen the historic canal from Belfast to Lisburn appears to be making headway after years of inaction.