HS2

Adonis emphasises critical role of national infrastructure planning

16.07.2019

Martin Read

The former chair of the National Infrastructure Commission has expressed the need for central government to retain a lead role in the nation's infrastructure planning.

England round-up: Khan is not delivering affordable family homes, say London Tories; £4m for Grimsby regeneration

12.07.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 6 July-12 July, 2019

HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail needed in the North

10.06.2019

Laura Edgar

England | HS2 | Infrastructure - Transport | Northern powerhouse | northern powerhouse rail

Business leaders across the north of England have called on the government to deliver both HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) in full.

England round-up: HS2 could be scrapped, says Truss; Ealing Council serves solicitor with £500k confiscation order

07.06.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 1 June-7 June, 2019

HS2 could be scrapped, says Truss

06.06.2019

Laura Edgar

economic affairs committee | Elizabeth Truss | England | HS2 | Infrastructure - Transport

Rail projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail and other infrastructure projects could be prioritised over HS2 under a future Conservative government, Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the Treasury has suggested.

HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail should be combined, say Lords

20.05.2019

Laura Edgar

The Economic Affairs Committee has recommended that the northern section of HS2 be combined with Northern Powerhouse Rail, the two rail programmes being treated as one.

News report: The spiralling costs of HS2

06.05.2019

Huw Morris

England | HS2 | Infrastructure - Transport

HS2 is running hugely over budget and costs are rising. Huw Morris runs a slide rule over the figures and reveals further challenges down the line.

Appeals round-up: Lone badger thwarts Passivhaus scheme; Plastic bags do not allay garden play-frame privacy concerns

03.05.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 27 April- 3 May, 2019

Appeal: Housing allowed near HS2 route

03.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 40 homes in a national landscape character area near the proposed HS2 route through Buckinghamshire, noting the ‘considerable physical changes’ it would bring to the area...

Appeal: Housing refused on land in ‘HS2 buffer zone’

03.05.2019

Matt Moody

A small parcel of land adjacent to a recently completed housing development cannot be built on, an inspector has ruled, because it forms a buffer between the existing houses and the proposed route for HS2....

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