garden village

News in brief: Builders’ workloads are stagnant or declining; Hull named a Tree City of the World

02.03.2021

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 2 March, 2021

Garden village application in Oxfordshire / Grosvenor Britain & Ireland

Plans lodged for new West Oxfordshire garden village

03.07.2020

Martin Read

Up to 2,200 homes, community amenities, green space and a 27-hectare business park are promised for a site to the north of Eynsham in West Oxfordshire.

Garden communities under development are ‘largely unsuitable’ for active travel

18.06.2020

Laura Edgar

New garden villages and towns are at risk of being dependent on cars rather than being geared towards walking, cycling and public transport, says pressure group Transport for New Homes.

Legal briefs: Elephant and Castle redevelopment challenge; Government signs off offshore wind sector deal

08.03.2019

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 2 March-8 March, 2019

England round-up: Malthouse keen to empower planning profession; London boroughs urged to update SCIs

23.11.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 17 November-23 November, 2018

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1,000-home plan submitted in Surrey

16.07.2018

Laura Edgar

garden village | Plan Making - Master Planning | South East | Surrey

Proposals for Fairoaks Garden Village, which includes 1,000 homes, have been submitted to Surrey Heath Borough Council and Runnymede Council.

Legal briefs: Bord admits it bungled fast-track Dublin homes approval; Essex council sees off local plan challenge

06.07.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 30 June-6 July, 2018

Housing secretary James Brokenshire / Chris McAndrew

Appeal: Brokenshire blocks 1,000-home garden village

25.05.2018

Matt Moody

In determining his first recovered appeal as housing secretary, James Brokenshire has rejected plans for a major new 50 per cent affordable ‘garden village’ in Surrey, despite the council’s...

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Appeal: Community support not proved for 325-home village extension

16.02.2018

Matt Moody

A ‘sustainable extension’ to a Lincolnshire village that would more than double its size has been refused permission after the appellant failed to convince an inspector that there was ‘...

Garden village considered near Stone

02.11.2017

Laura Edgar

Stafford Borough Council has announced that it will consider including proposals for a garden village if the government decides to build a railhead for HS2 in Stone.

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