rail network

£2bn plan to upgrade Midlands rail network submitted to DfT

26.06.2019

Laura Edgar

Business & Enterprise | East Midlands | Infrastructure - Transport | midlands connect | midlands rail hub | rail freight | rail network | railway | West Midlands

Midlands Connect has submitted plans for the region’s rail network to the Department for Transport (DfT). It outlines up to £2 billion of new and improved infrastructure to be completed between 2024 and 2033.
Appeals round-up: Clark awards temporary permission for gypsy site in green belt; Blackshaw turbines would jar with existing wind farm landscape

15.07.2016

Martha Harris

Business & Enterprise | change of use | Climate Change | Development Management & Enforcement | Environmental assessment/ sustainability appraisal | Green Belt | Housing | Infrastructure | rail network | recalled appeals | Rural | UK | wind farms

A round-up of appeal decisions: 9 July-15 July, 2016
Appeal: Rail/road freight interchange would harm ‘very sensitive’ green belt

15.07.2016

Martha Harris

Green Belt | Infrastructure | rail network | recovered appeals | South East

Former communities secretary Greg Clark has supported an inspector’s decision to refuse permission for a rail/road freight interchange in Slough, because of the harm it would inflict on a sensitive area of...