Planning news – 20 July 2023

Our planning news is published in association with The Planner, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Transport secretary grants DCO for A303 Stonehenge bypass
A development consent order (DCO) for a two-lane dual carriageway for the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down in Wiltshire past Stonehenge World Heritage Site has been granted by transport secretary Mark Harper.
Laura Edgar, The Planner

Council to pay £468,000 over Ryder Cup golf course development
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council will pay a developer’s legal bill of nearly £468,000 after refusing a 1,036-home scheme against officer advice.
Laura Edgar, The Planner

Hornsea Four granted development consent
Energy secretary Grant Shapps has granted a development consent order (DCO) for Hornsea Project Four Wind Farm, against the advice of the Planning Inspectorate.
Laura Edgar, The Planner

First UK investment zone to be located in South Yorkshire
The UK’s first advanced manufacturing investment zone will be located in South Yorkshire, with the government expecting it to help leverage more than £1.2 billion of private funding.
Laura Edgar, The Planner

PEDW scrutinises major Cardiff development project
Hearings held this week in Cardiff will play a decisive role in the fate of a significant development in the capital involving a new railway station and a major business park called in by ministers.
Roger Milne, The Planner

News round up
– First geothermal borehole finished at new City of London hub
– Rotherham Council commits £9m to improve Wath Town Centre
– Industrial complex approved in Swindon
– Permission sought for 29 homes in Nuneaton
– WMCA orders large-scale study of tree population
– And more stories…
Deborah Shrewsbury and Laura Edgar, The Planner