shipping container

Appeal: ‘Garish’ ice cream kiosk caused ‘significant harm’

31.10.2019

Matt Moody

character and appearance | coastal | Design | East of England | shipping container | small business

A shipping container in Mablethorpe in use as an ice cream kiosk had caused ‘significant harm’ to the ‘pleasant character’ of the car park it was sited in, an inspector has ruled, citing the kiosk’s ‘garish...
210,000 homeless children in England

21.08.2019

Laura Edgar

children | England | homeless | homelessness | Housing | Local Government Association | permitted development | Shelter | shipping container

There is an estimated 210,000 children in England that do not have a safe home, a report out today has suggested.
News in brief: 1,300 homes for Ripon; MPs launch inquiry into devolution

16.07.2019

Laura Edgar

Bristol | Devolution | Housing | ripon | shipping container | UK | Wokingham

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 16 July, 2019
News in brief: 131 homes approved in Warwickshire; Focus must be on Scottish SMEs to deliver more housing

05.02.2019

Laura Edgar

Homes for Scotland | Housing | offices | shipping container | UK | Warwickshire

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 5 February, 2019
Swansea ‘box village’ project unveiled

05.01.2017

Roger Milne

boxpark | Business & Enterprise | Cymru | Public Realm | shipping container | Swansea

The University of Wales Trinity St David has unveiled proposals for a so-called Swansea ‘box village’ made up of thousands of former shipping containers providing up to 18,580 square metres of floor space.
UK’s biggest ‘box-city’ proposed for Cardiff

27.10.2016

Roger Milne

Cardiff | Cymru | Leisure & Tourism | shipping container

Proposals have been unveiled for what would be the UK’s most ambitious shipping container development, a mixed-used scheme earmarked to rejuvenate the Porth Teigr area of Cardiff Bay.