All Planning & policy articles – Page 13
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NewsEx-housing ministers back report slamming brownfield housing policy
A swathe of former housing ministers have come out in support of a report slamming the government’s current housing policy, claiming that building solely on brownfield sites cannot deliver the amount of homes needed in Britain.
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Government hands out £2bn in levelling up funds amid claims of unfairness
The government has released more than £2bn in long-awaited levelling up funding to over 100 projects across the UK.
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Chorley super prison decision delayed three months
A decision by levelling-up secretary Michael Gove on whether to build a super prison at Chorley, Lancashire, has been delayed three months.
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Socius and Railpen to develop major £500m Cambridge office scheme
Mixed-use developer Socius and Railpen, the investment manager for the £35bn railways pension scheme, have teamed up to develop a 500,000 sq ft office scheme in Cambridge.
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Altered Space submits 900-home plan for Warrington centre
Developer Altered Space has submitted plans to turn Cockhedge Shopping Centre in Warrington, Cheshire, into a mixed-use site that would include 900 homes.
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Professional
Is it time to serve notice on the Landlord and Tenant Act?
PLA calls on its 1,500 members to review whether new commercial legislation is needed.
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Liverpool kicks off regeneration of Anfield
Liverpool City Council has appointed a team to market and sell the plot of land next to Liverpool Football Club’s famous Anfield Stadium.
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Helping residents to save energy
It was encouraging to hear chancellor Jeremy Hunt talking to the Select Committee recently about the government’s ambitions to help people with energy saving by providing tips and advice, but also advocating for people to take responsibility for their own energy consumption as part of a government campaign.
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Q&A: Southern Grove chair on the UK’s housing supply issues
Firm’s founder Andrew Southern says ‘blue-sky thinking’ is needed for housing planning and development.
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Insight
Community Land Auctions not a practical solution
The levelling-up bill with all of its guises and amends has certainly kept the planning and residential sectors debating. Comments in the media are plentiful every time there’s a revision, and the Community Land Auctions amendment is no different, having been originally tabled in July last year and now back ...
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All eyes will be on Gove this year
The secretary of state for levelling up etc, Michael Gove, is going to loom large in the lives of property folk, planners and architects over the coming year.
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Saluting those ahead of their time
The new year brought sad news of the passing of property icon Godfrey Bradman, best known for his 1980s partnership with Sir Stuart Lipton’s Stanhope to develop the City of London’s Broadgate scheme, which then prime minister Margaret Thatcher described at the launch as the “largest development in the City ...
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Get Living faces test case over £27m fire safety upgrade bill
Triathlon Homes launches legal bid to make landlord foot remediation bill at London Olympic Village flats.
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Industry welcomes £60m brownfield fund
The property industry has welcomed the government’s pledge to provide an additional £60m to councils to redevelop brownfield sites for housing.
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Land Registry set for mass civil servant strike action in February
Mass strike action within the civil service next month could impact the housing market as workers from the Land Registry and Registers of Scotland are set to join thousands of government colleagues in walking out.
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Lendlease JV submits new plans for £3.5bn Silvertown megascheme
Lendlease has put forward fresh plans for its £3.5bn redevelopment to create a new neighbourhood at Silvertown in east London.
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Hammerson unveils plans for major office overhaul of Birmingham John Lewis
Hammerson has submitted plans to turn the former John Lewis store in Birmingham’s Grand Central shopping centre into a major office development.
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Property sector welcomes Skidmore Review on Net Zero
Leading figures from the UK property sector have broadly welcomed the Net Zero Review by MP Chris Skidmore but demanded greater government support to deliver the opportunities it identifies.
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Peel L&P submits plans for university facility at MediaCity
Peel L&P, the regeneration arm of real estate investment firm Peel Group, has submitted plans to transform commercial space in Quay Plaza, part of Quayside MediaCity, Salford, Manchester, into a university facility.
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Fears reforms could hit housing delivery
Fears are growing that recently announced government planning reforms could hit the number of homes delivered across the UK as they empower campaign groups and councils to resist new developments.
