Malcolm Honour, CgMS

  • Insight

    Planning: The Welsh Assembly impact on proposals and appeals

    24 Novermber 2000

    The role of the Welsh Assembly in planning has required the creation of new systems and procedures and these are taking some time to settle in. Following the appointment of Rhodri Morgan as First Minister, the planning and environment functions and the local government functions of the assembly have been ...

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    Planning - Allocation process well advanced

    8 September 2000

    Much of the land needed for development has been identified, with Colchester set for regeneration.

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    Planning: Chelmsford housing and employment allocations for the future

    7 April 2000

    The panel recommended a new business park near the airport and a feasibility assessment of a rail link from the airport to Braintree. If these recommendations are accepted, they would be incorporated in a further review of the Essex Structure Plan.

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    Planning: questioning the future

    25 February 2000

    The former Avon councils must decide jointly on housing allocations for the period to 2011; the committee meets in March. The Structure Plan Panel has recommended an increase of 11,500 homes to a total of 54,500, but there is concern about greenfield development.

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    Planning

    3 September 1999

    With the government’s emphasis on maximising the contribution from previously developed brownfield sites, particular attention will have to be paid to opportunities for redevelopment and increasing densities in existing urban areas.

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    Planning

    11 June 1999

    Looking at the longer term, the Warwickshire Structure Plan identifies the BT aerials site east of Rugby as a potential development site beyond the present structure plan period to 2011, and there is also possible future growth in the Polsworth/Dordon area near Tamworth. Also in that area some 70ha (173 ...

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    Planning

    23 April 1999

    Although the assembly cannot pass primary legislation, it has powers to review secondary legislation. Secondary legislation is important in the planning system and includes, for example, the Use Classes Order, Fees Regulations and the General Permitted Development Order. The assembly would have the power to separate offices from the B1 ...

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    Planning

    1 April 1999

    In the north Staffordshire conurbation there is considered to be plenty of scope for housing on vacant and underused land within the built-up area. However, the employment policies of the draft Structure Plan envisage some additional significant employment land releases. Chatterley Valley is identified as a premium employment site of ...

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    Planning

    12 February 1999

    Among the recent developments is the McArthur Glen factory outlet centre at the Naburn Hospital site, York. This scheme moves away from the 'village street' image associated with earlier outlet schemes and is a fully fledged covered shopping centre with 80 units and a foodcourt. There are proposals to extend ...