Planning news – 18 August 2022
LDO granted for manufacturing scheme
A local development order (LDO) has been granted by Sedgemoor District Council for a development that has the potential to create jobs for more than 7,500 people.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Primary school proposed for Leicestershire town
Leicestershire County Council is seeking to build a primary school that meets the needs of Hinckley’s growing population.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Team appointed to scope out new town for Devon
East Devon District Council has commissioned real estate adviser CBRE to inform the council on the design and delivery of a potential new community in the east of the district.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Long Wittenham man fined for not complying with enforcement notices
Simon Courtney-Worthy, of Oscar’s Gardens, Ward’s Field, Long Wittenham, has been fined £13,000 for failing to comply with two enforcement notices for an illegal development by the banks of the River Thames at Long Wittenham.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Network Rail granted newt licence
Natural England has granted Network Rail’s eastern region a special licence to safely relocate the UK’s largest native newt species – the great crested newt – to protect them from engineering works.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
- Granton Waterfront housing scheme approved
- Welsh Traveller communities being failed
- York approves Ordnance Lane housing plans
- Evictions up 39 per cent
- And more stories…
Laura Edgar and Prithvi Pandya
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