February 8th, 2012:

The chairs of health charity the Wellcome Trust and hotel group Travelodge are among the members of a new London-wide local enterprise partnership which will meet for the first time later this month.

Law firms Pinsent Masons and McGrigors are to merge, creating one of the UK’s largest planning law teams.

Proposals for an 11,000 square metre anchor store, flats, a hotel and cinema are included in plans for the redevelopment of part of Coventry city centre.

Councils opposed to the High Speed Two (HS2) rail project have threatened legal action unless the government scraps the project, the second such threat since it was approved last month.

Plans for an offshore wind farm in the English Channel that its promoters say could power two-thirds of the homes in Sussex go out for formal public consultation next week.

Liverpool City Council and the government yesterday signed off the first of the deals that ministers hope will bring clearer leadership in England’s cities in return for devolved powers.

Liverpool City Council and the government yesterday signed off the first of the deals that ministers hope will bring clearer leadership in England’s cities in return for devolved powers.

Baroness Margaret Ford is to step down from her role as Olympic legacy chief following the 2012 games, it has been announced.

Continuing innovation in strategic and local planning is in evidence in the list of finalists for this month’s Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) national awards scheme.