All Planning & policy articles – Page 9
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InsightNew flight path for Canary Wharf
Tom Venner’s first public statement since joining Canary Wharf Group (CWG) as development director last July offers one clue about his main task. The job in question being to draw up a new masterplan covering the 130-acre estate.
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Q&A: Moda director and Hove MP discuss BTR partnership
James Blakey and Peter Kyle say scheme shows how public-private co-operation is key to local housing delivery.
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Hospitality sector demands government action to stem closures
Hospitality sector leaders have called on the government to provide more support to prevent further closures in the light of a forthcoming reduction in energy bill support.
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Unite snaps up £73m east London office building for large PBSA scheme
Unite Students has bought an office building in Stratford for £73m and is set to convert the east London site into a 716-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development.
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NPPF to make housebuilding harder as LAs given more reasons to reject schemes
Even those who eat, drink and sleep property would have surely had little appetite to fully consume the government’s 15-chapter consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) when it was published so close to the end of the year.
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Goodman secures consent to create 1.2m sq ft Luton shed scheme
Developer Goodman Group has secured planning permission to redevelop a 60-acre brownfield site in Luton, Bedfordshire as a 1.2 million sq ft commercial park.
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Chester regeneration framework revealed
Plans to transform the area around Chester railway station have been kickstarted with the launch of a public consultation into the scheme.
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PCH reveals plans for £33.5m Plymouth eco-friendly quarter
Housing association Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) has submitted plans to build 136 one-, two- and three-bedroom affordable homes in the city centre.
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Glenveagh to deliver fewer homes in 2023 due to Irish planning ‘gridlock’
Irish housebuilder Glenveagh has reported a 36% rise in revenue in 2022, but warned that it will complete a lower number of suburban homes than expected in 2023 due to the country’s planning system “gridlock”.
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Aston Villa nets planning approval for stadium expansion
Aston Villa Football Club has been granted planning approval by Birmingham City Council for the first phase of the redevelopment and expansion of Villa Park.
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Government plans to require second staircases in blocks above 30m
The government has unveiled plans to force developers to include second staircases in new buildings taller than 30m, a fire safety measure estimated to cost businesses £1.6bn over the next decade.
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First phase of £200m Eckersley Mills plan unveiled
Heaton Group has unveiled plans for the first phase of its £200m transformation of a Grade II-listed mill in Wigan, following approval by Wigan Council.
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London Resort to scale back £2.5bn theme park plans as boss quits
Proposals for multi-million pound Kent theme park the London Resort have been “significantly” scaled back after a “tumultuous year” for the troubled project, according to Steve Norris, chairman of developer London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH).
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Gove accuses housing providers including Birmingham and Lambeth of failing residents
Housing secretary Michael Gove has attacked 14 social housing providers including Birmingham City Council and Lambeth Council for failing residents.
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DLUHC unveils £1.4bn North East devolution deal
A devolution deal for the North East, including a £1.4bn investment package over 30 years, has been presented by the government.
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ADG’s plans for Peterlee retail centre submitted
Yorkshire developer Almscliffe Dhesi Group (ADG) has submitted plans to Durham County Council for a 13,027 sq ft retail centre on the outskirts of Peterlee, County Durham.
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DLUHC launches NPPF consultation with focus on local plans
Incentives for more local authorities to adopt new-style local plans and the introduction of National Development Management Policies, to provide consistency for small and medium housebuilders, are among the proposals in the government’s long-awaited consultation to update the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published yesterday.
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Flagship Homes 'monitoring development programme'
Housebuilder and manager Flagship Homes said it is “monitoring its development programme closely” as the number of new units it completed in the six months to 30 September fell to 259 from 302 in the same period in 2021.
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BRiCS’ 77-home community in Hampshire greenlighted
Builder BRiCS Development, backed by investor Omni Partners, has secured unanimous approval for a 77-home community in Hampshire with a £36m GDV.
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Brownfield land for a million homes lying dormant, says CPRE
Countryside charity CPRE has identified brownfield sites that it says could support the development of over 1.2 million homes.
