http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/general/news/ Get the latest Planning Portal News. en-gb Copyright: (C) Crown Copyright, see http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/helpcontent/applyhelp/Terms+and+Conditions for terms and conditions of use. editorial@planningportal.gov.uk (Editorial team) Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:36:26 GMT Planning News 120 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/pins_images/portal/en/logo.gif http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/general/news/ Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has rejected the advice of a planning inspector who recommended the green light for an energy recovery facility planned for a business park near Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_1 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_1 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:57:54 GMT Over 25,000 homes will be better protected from flooding as a result of new defence schemes to start construction in the next financial year.. http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_2 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_2 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:11:18 GMT DCLG has decided to widen the remit of the National Planning Casework Unit (NPCU). The NCPU was set up over 18 months ago to handle some of the casework previously dealt with by the Government Office Network... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_3 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_3 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:21:12 GMT Sedgemoor District Council has delayed setting its annual council tax following a dispute over how much EDF Energy will contribute to the council's scrutiny of the firm's application for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_4 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_4 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:28:33 GMT The Government has published the final version of the National Policy Statement on Waste Water... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_5 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_5 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:55:15 GMT An overview of the other planning stories of this week... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_6 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/160212/160212_6 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:41:07 GMT Long-awaited revised regulations and guidance over the development of contaminated land have been laid in Parliament by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_1 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_1 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:04 GMT Retail guru Mary Portas and Local Government and Housing Minister Grant Shapps have launched a competition to help turn round ailing high streets and town centres... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_2 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_2 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:42 GMT Councillors have voted to change Liverpool City Council’s constitution and elect a mayor for the city... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_3 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_3 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:36:43 GMT More than 100 backbench MPs, mainly Conservatives, have urged the Prime Minister to make it easier for local communities to block onshore wind farms... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_4 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_4 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:38:13 GMT The Greater Manchester Police has confirmed that five men held as part of an investigation into alleged corruption involving a residential planning permission in Bury have been bailed pending further inquiries... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_5 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_5 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:39:42 GMT An overview of the other planning stories of this week... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_6 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/090212/090212_6 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:41:50 GMT Housing Minister Grant Shapps has confirmed that the Coalition has identified surplus public land with enough capacity for over 80,000 new homes... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_1 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_1 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:52:07 GMT Proposals to extend a centre in East Yorkshire which breeds dogs for scientific research have been rejected by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_2 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_2 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:54:11 GMT Countryside campaigners are calling for current plans to build nearly 300 miles of new overhead power lines to be rethought following publication... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_4 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_4 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:55:08 GMT Welsh Business Minister Edwina Hart has announced plans for two new enterprise zones... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_5 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_5 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:56:01 GMT An overview of the other planning stories of this week... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_6 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/feb12/020212/020212_6 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:57:01 GMT Two significant residential-led schemes have been allowed on appeal by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_1 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_1 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:50:23 GMT Four enterprise areas encompassing 14 sites are to be created in Scotland, finance secretary John Swinney has confirmed... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_2 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_2 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:52:33 GMT A UNESCO team of inspectors has told Liverpool City Council that without further changes to Peel Holding’s ambitious redevelopment proposals for the waterfront area of the city, Liverpool’s World Heritage site status will be compromised... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_3 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_3 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:54:15 GMT Proposals for a £200m mixed-use development at Pinewood Studios, centred on plans for a working and living community for the creative industries, have been rejected by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_4 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_4 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:55:51 GMT A housing development on the site of Llanelli’s former Stradey Park rugby ground is now free to go ahead following a High Court ruling... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_5 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_5 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:56:28 GMT An overview of the other planning stories of this week... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_6 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/210112/260112_6 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:58:05 GMT Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled plans for a £659m ‘Airport City’ – the first of its kind in the UK – at the heart of the Manchester Airport Enterprise Zone, designated last year... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_1 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_1 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:57:54 GMT Countryside Properties and their development partner have revised their outline planning application to Chelmsford Borough Council for the development of a major urban extension in North East Chelmsford http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_2 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_2 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:24:39 GMT Onshore planning headaches have posed further problems for Warwick Energy’s Dudgeon offshore wind farm, to be built off the Norfolk coast... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_3 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_3 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:01:24 GMT Welsh planning authorities have been warned that delays in producing local development plans were holding back local economies and the wider Welsh economy... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_4 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_4 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:03:02 GMT Both Prime Minister David Cameron and Communities and Local Government Minister Grant Shapps have hinted at Government support for moves to tighten planning controls over the proliferation of betting shops... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_5 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_5 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:07:09 GMT An overview of the other planning stories of this week... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_6 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/190112/190112_6 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:12:24 GMT Ministers have given the green light for a new national high speed rail network, called HS2, which has a price tag of £32.7bn and will be built in two phases by 2033... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/120112/120112_1 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/120112/120112_1 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:31:38 GMT The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has urged ministers to commit to a long-term aviation policy framework that focuses on consumers and allows airport capacity to develop sustainably, specifically in south east England... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/120112/120112_2 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/120112/120112_2 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:37:07 GMT The Welsh Government has confirmed that the Hyder Consultancy has been commissioned to carry out research into the regime for deciding renewable energy planning applications. http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/120112/120112_3 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Portal2/portal2Site/general/news/stories/2012/jan12/120112/120112_3 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:49:31 GMT