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Gravesham backs off from green belt plans

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:10:00 +0000

Gravesham Borough Council is poised to drop controversial plans to develop green belt land to meet its housing needs following opposition from residents.

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Five arrested in Bury planning bribes probe

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:51:00 +0000

Police in Greater Manchester have arrested five men – two of them elected members on Bury Council – as part of investigations into bribery connected to a planning application.

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Davey replaces Huhne as energy secretary

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:06:00 +0000

Ed Davey has been announced as the new energy and climate change secretary today after Chris Huhne resigned over a speeding points charge.

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Government offers mayoral development corporation to Liverpool

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

The Government has offered Liverpool a mayoral development corporation as part of a package of new powers that would take effect if the city council votes next week to elect a mayor.

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Pickles dismisses 900 homes in Aylesbury Vale

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:00 +0000

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has refused permission for a 900-home scheme in Buckinghamshire on the grounds that it is not in accordance with the development plan and would harm the countryside.

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Belfast unveils £150m economic development package

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:25:00 +0000

Plans to extend Belfast’s conference and arts centre are included in a proposed three-year £150 million investment package unveiled by the city council with the aim of reviving the local economy.

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Belfast unveils £150m economic development package

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:25:00 +0000

Plans to extend Belfast’s conference and arts centre are included in a proposed three-year £150 million investment package unveiled by the city council with the aim of reviving the local economy.

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Figures reveal increasing hold-ups in planning system

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:00 +0000

Planning decision-making by local authorities in England is getting slower – with major applications worst hit – according to new government figures.

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Figures reveal increasing hold-ups in planning system

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:00 +0000

Planning decision-making by local authorities in England is getting slower – with major applications worst hit – according to new government figures.

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Tower Hamlets set for £10m homes bonus boost

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:31:00 +0000

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets will receive more than £10 million in the second year of the government’s New Homes Bonus scheme – the second year in a row it has received the biggest allocation through the programme.

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Anglesey Council suspends decisions on wind turbine applications

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:04:00 +0000

Isle of Anglesey County Council in north Wales has postponed all decisions on wind turbine applications until officers finalise new guidance for determining applications.

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Cornwall Council introduces pre-application advice charges

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:36:00 +0000

Cornwall Council has introduced charges of up to £350 for pre-application planning advice.

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Cornwall Council introduces pre-application advice charges

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:36:00 +0000

Cornwall Council has introduced charges of up to £350 for pre-application planning advice.

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Shortlist of future Olympic stadium occupiers announced

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:24:00 +0000

Sixteen expressions of interest from potential occupiers of the main Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games have been received, the mayoral-governmental joint venture company responsible for the legacy development of the stadium has announced.

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HS2 landowners offered £1,000 for environmental work access

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:12:00 +0000

Landowners and farmers living by the planned High Speed Two rail link will be offered £1,000 by the government to allow access to contractors carrying out environmental and engineering survey work.

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HS2 landowners offered £1,000 for environmental work access

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:12:00 +0000

Landowners and farmers living by the planned High Speed Two rail link will be offered £1,000 by the government to allow access to contractors carrying out environmental and engineering survey work.

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Wash offshore wind scheme submitted to commission

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:57:00 +0000

Plans for a North Sea wind farm comprising 288 turbines have been submitted to the government body responsible for processing major infrastructure project applications.

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Wash offshore wind scheme submitted to commission

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:57:00 +0000

Plans for a North Sea wind farm comprising 288 turbines have been submitted to the government body responsible for processing major infrastructure project applications.

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Government confirms £1 billion Growing Places and New Homes Bonus allocations

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:21:00 +0000

The Government has shifted £10 million of a new infrastructure fund from devolved administrations to English local enterprise partnerships, as it confirmed nearly £1 billion of new funding.

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Croydon planning director to leave post

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:03:00 +0000

The London Borough of Croydon has confirmed that its executive director for planning and environment is to leave the role after only six months following a ‘difference in expectations’ regarding the position.

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Two more enterprise zones to be created in Wales

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:25:00 +0000

The Welsh government is to create two more enterprise zones to supplement the five that were announced last year, business minister Edwina Hart has announced.

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18 schemes in line for Get Britain Building cash

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:16:00 +0000

Eighteen projects intended to deliver a total of up to 1,300 new homes are set to become the first to receive cash from a new fund to unlock work on stalled schemes, England’s housing and regeneration quango has announced.

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Derby hit worst by university application drop

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:07:00 +0000

Derby has seen a near 20 per cent fall in the number of applications to begin university study in the city this academic year compared to last year, according to a blog by think-tank Centre for Cities.

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Report finds apprenticeship benefits

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0000

Adult apprenticeship funding by government provides good value for public money, according to a report released today by the National Audit Office.

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Report finds apprenticeship benefits

Planning Resource Home page RSS Feed — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0000

Adult apprenticeship funding by government provides good value for public money, according to a report released today by the National Audit Office.

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