All articles by Austin Mackie,CGMS

  • Markets

    Planning

    24 September 1999

    Austin Mackie, CGMS THIS following case demonstrates that despite the intention of the plan-led system to provide developers and landowners with certainty, the lengthy timescale associated with the production and adoption of a local plan often results in just the opposite. In early August the Planning Inspectorate reported on ...

  • Markets

    Planning

    12 March 1999

    The bridges across the Tyne have always maintained a strong physical link between Gateshead and Newcastle, and now that link is being strengthened. Late last year, the authorities of Gateshead and Newcastle launched a partnership deal to build on the profile of their common boundary over the river. The respective ...