town centre

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

18.07.2019

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: Waitrose rear entrance must stay open despite crime concerns

23.05.2019

Matt Moody

An application by a north London branch of Waitrose to combat shoplifting by permanently closing its rear entrance has been rejected by an inspector, who found the scheme would harm the street's designated...

Appeal: Inspector overrules town centre policy to allow coffee shop

15.05.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a vacant listed shop unit in Christchurch into a coffee shop would improve the vitality of the town’s high street, an inspector has decided, overruling local policy to grant permission....

Appeal: Adult gaming centre would not harm town centre

12.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for an ‘adult gaming centre’ in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, despite strong concerns over the social impact of the business and the loss of a retail unit.

Scotland round-up: Scottish planning bill is ‘unworkable’; Leith waterfront development makes waves

08.03.2019

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 2 March-8 March, 2019

£1.6bn town fund proposed

04.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a £1.6 billion fund will be established to boost growth in places that have not benefitted from the ‘proceeds of growth in the same way as more prosperous parts of the country’.

Appeal: Aldi store approved despite Lidl objections

22.02.2019

Matt Moody

Plans for a new Aldi store on the outskirts of Whitchurch, Shropshire, have been approved, despite objections from rival supermarket Lidl, who argued the impact on its town centre store would be ‘...

Fears for the high street are ‘exaggerated’

18.02.2019

Laura Edgar

Fears about the health of the high street have been ‘exaggerated’. Its death is a ‘myth’ and retail is key to the regeneration of failing urban centres.

Wales round-up: AMs back drive for more control of Welsh rail developments; M4 relief road D-day delay

07.02.2019

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 2 February-8 February, 2019

Appeal: Contemporary design preferred to pastiche in conservation area

05.02.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans to redesign the entrance to a shopping arcade in Cheltenham conservation area, replacing the existing classical pastiche with a contemporary glazed design.

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