Regeneration

Appeal: Gasworks regeneration allowed despite allocation conflict

20.03.2020

An inspector has approved regeneration plans for a former gasworks in Hertford that would provide nearly twice as many homes as the council had allocated to the site, following a 12-day inquiry.

New-look Belfast city centre study

31.10.2019

Roger Milne

A study is under way to develop a shared vision for Belfast city centre and examine how it can be reimagined to meet the changing needs of users....

Re: Generations - an interview with Jenna Langford

30.10.2019

Kieran Blaydes

Jenna Langford became 2019 RTPI Young Planner of the Year in no small part 'for assisting people to take up planning as a profesison through the Planning Futures programme'. Here she talks to Kieran Blaydes...

Appeal: Overshadowing caused by Vauxhall regeneration scheme 'acceptable'

27.09.2019

Matt Moody

A mixed-use scheme comprising three towers of up to 13 storeys can go ahead in Vauxhall, an inspector has ruled, after finding that the scheme's impact on daylight levels in existing flats and a bookshop...

Appeal: Time limit extended for 1,850-home Edinburgh Marina project

09.08.2019

Matt Moody

A reporter has granted a five-year extension to a major 2003 outline permission for the redevelopment of Granton Harbour in Edinburgh that was time-limited to 15 years, citing the impact of the 2008 global...

Appeal: King's Cross regeneration scheme blocked despite mayor's support

09.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for a canal-side redevelopment project to provide 2,000 square metres of additional office space in north London that was 'strongly supported' by the Mayor of London, citing...

Appeals round-up: Flats on site of burnt-out pub would be new ‘landmark’; Timber grieving canopy not inappropriate in green belt

18.07.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 July-19 July, 2019

Appeal: 'Consistent opposition' to 1970s shopping centre regeneration dismissed

18.07.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved the comprehensive regeneration of a 1970s shopping centre in Swanley, Kent despite 'consistent opposition' from local people, ruling that without 'decisive action', the area would...

Appeal: Next phase of Tottenham Hotspur regeneration plans approved

02.07.2019

Matt Moody

North London football club Tottenham Hotspur has won permission to build 316 new homes and a community library, as part of a wider project to regenerate the area around its new £1 billion stadium.

Glasgow: City deal analysis

27.05.2019

Simon Wicks

In 2014, Glasgow City Region became the first outside England to negotiate a City Deal, with the UK and Scottish governments. Simon Wicks looks at how £1.13 billion is being spent to literally dig into the...

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