All articles by Erica Mortimer, CgMs
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Planning: proposals for south-west highlighted under new guidance
With the new south-West Regional guidance under consideration, planning authorities in the Bristol area have been pressing for separate sub-regional studies for the more prosperous northern part of the region.
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Planning: brownfield development proposals are outlined
In the Birmingham area, outline proposals have been submitted at Selly Oak and South Yardley for mixed-use edge-of-centre brownfield developments. These include retail, leisure, housing and a business park. In the city centre, the Bull Ring shopping centre has received permission. The approval of funding for the Birmingham Northern Relief ...
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Planning Preserving Westminster peace?
Westminster Council aims to stop late-night noise by introducing planning restrictions.
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Planning: local authorities welcome new development proposals
Greater Manchester, like many other parts of the country is seeing an increase in planning activity. Bellway Homes, supported by the Northwest Development Agency, is to build 78 two-bedroom flats on an strategic route into Manchester. English Partnerships is providing funding from its investment programme for development in northern ...
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Planning: need for new, sustainable communities
East Anglia is facing a time of rapid change with many areas experiencing growth. The region was one of the first to go through the process of revised regional guidance and the new-style Panel Hearing has set a precedent for the rest of the country. Some counties such as Cambridgeshire ...
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Planning Engaged in mortar combat
Authorities are under pressure to agree consent for development as the area grows.
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Planning: controversial decision-making
Lancashire has not yet started a review of its structure plan that was approved in 1997; the first review report is not due out for consultation until this time next year. Cumbria s structure plan is even further out of date, having been approved in 1995. A first ...
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Erica Mortimer, CgMs The East Midlands Development Agency is launching a new initiative to provide tax relief for investment in the poorest parts of the East Midlands. A major investigation has recently been launched into planning decisions being made unlawfully in Newark and Sherwood District Council. ...
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Planning: Inconsistency in the greenbelt
Warwickshire is reviewing its structure plan and one issue of concern is the setting of targets for affordable housing provision. The Government Office has warned the county council that the guidance figures being put forward equate to setting targets and this is not appropriate in a Structure Plan. Warwickshire County ...
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Planning Looking to the future
With West End councils reviewing their policies, there s never been a better time to influence planning .
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Planning
Many of the north London boroughs are now reviewing their UDPs. Islington, Hackney, Barnet, Brent and Harrow all have various review documents out for consultation. Now is the time to influence planning policies in these boroughs. Most boroughs are responding to the government s targets to achieve more housing ...
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Most of Berkshire is included in the Government Office for the South-East (GOSE) s suggested Area of Economic Pressure (AEP), which stretches from Crawley to Newbury. The suggestion is part of GOSE s evidence to the panel hearing into the new Regional Planning Guidance for the south-east. GOSE s main ...
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In Basingstoke, the council is focusing on the Town Centre for further commercial leisure opportunities, since the existing leisure provision is all out of town at the Basingstoke Leisure Park. Festival Place, Grosvenor Estate Holdings 9,300 sq m (100,000 sq ft) scheme, is under construction. It ...
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Cranes adorn the City skyline once more and the workload of the City Planning Department has increased significantly. City Planning Officer Peter Rees made a brave announcement at MIPIM that skyscrapers will again be allowed on selective sites in the City to meet the demand for new office space. ...
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The East Midlands is, as always, an active area for planning issues. New Regional Planning Guidance (RPG) is due to be published in autumn and a pre-consultation document was prepared at the end of 1998. The new Draft RPG will then be subject to an Examination in Public next year. ...
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Cambridgeshire has been a focus of planning news recently. It is one of the three counties involved in the first of the new public examinations into Draft Regional Guidance. The inquiry has been closely watched by the planning profession as it has been a scene-setter for similar hearings ...
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Housebuilders face upheaval with new planning guidance
Last week the Government published radical new planning guidance that will introduce the sequential test for housing developments. This report explains how PPG3 will affect housebuilders
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Planning
Westminster Council is one of the first authorities to put its UDP onto the Internet. Committee reports, a news page and an e-mail feedback facility are also included. Proposals for a food superstore in Pimlico, near Victoria Station, have been allowed. The council and many local residents had objected ...
