£1bn Purfleet regeneration approved
Thurrock Council’s planning committee has granted outline planning permission to £1 billion proposals that aim to deliver more than 2,500 homes and regenerate Purfleet town.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Improvements being delivered at Planning Portal
Six months after introducing its Financial Transaction Service (FTS) the Planning Portal is reporting that promised improvements to how the service operates are already being delivered.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Extraspace Solutions awarded £40m modular housing contract
PLACE, a not-for-profit organisation, has awarded Extraspace Solutions a £40 million contract to deliver 200 modular homes by 2021 for homeless Londoners.
Prithvi Pandya, The Planner
The Financial Transaction Service (FTS) has brought about a great many changes in the way in which planning applications are submitted since its introduction six months ago; increasing efficiency, reducing invalid applications and saving both time and money for agents and local planning authorities (LPA) alike.
Commonwealth games ‘legacy’ submitted
An outline planning application for the regeneration of a site covering 12.27 hectares in Perry Barr, Birmingham, has been submitted to Birmingham City Council.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Woking suburb to be regenerated
Woking Borough Council’s planning committee has granted approval for plans that aim to regenerate a post-war housing estate into a ‘sustainable, community-focused’ neighbourhood.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Warrington to get a link road
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has approved £142.5 million for a new Western Link, connecting the A56 at Chester Road with the A57 at Sankey Way in Warrington.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Brokenshire to look again at office-to-residential conversions
The government will review the conversion of offices into homes without planning permission after a leading Conservative MP lambasted the policy for allowing ‘social cleansing’.
Huw Morris, The Planner
Business secretary approves Teesside power station
Business secretary Greg Clark has granted a development consent order for a major power plant on Teesside.
Huw Morris, The Planner
Brokenshire warns developers to protect local wildlife
Communities secretary James Brokenshire has written to developers reminding them of their legal obligations to protect wildlife during building work.
Huw Morris, The Planner
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Its now just 3 weeks to go until the glittering awards night at the Westminster Park Plaza in London, so if you haven’t already booked your place at the event time is running out! You can find out more and book your place here. Read more…
Application submitted for new community in Kent
An outline planning application for a garden town comprising more than 8,000 homes has been submitted to Folkestone & Hythe District Council.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Malthouse names five new garden towns
Housing minister Kit Malthouse has announced the five successful bids to create new towns across England. Between them, these settlements could deliver 64,000 homes.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Central Bedfordshire Council lodges link road plans
Central Bedfordshire Council has submitted a planning application to create a new link road between the M1 and A6.
Prithvi Pandya, The Planner
Government pledges cash for road schemes
The A1231 in Sunderland will be dualled and a new road will be built in Shrewsbury to help commuters avoid congestion, the government has said.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Arc residents are concerned for countryside, suggests poll
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has called for an inquiry into proposals that will see a million homes built across the Oxford-to-Cambridge Arc by 2050.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Brokenshire outlines permitted development plans
Housing secretary James Brokenshire has outlined plans to extend permitted development on the high street, and to review conversions to residential use amid quality concerns.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Highways England reveals plans for ‘Missing Links’ scheme
Highways England has unveiled plans for a multi-million pound scheme to upgrade a key route linking the Midlands and South West.
Prithvi Pandya, The Planner
Cash approved for East Mids Development Corporation
The government has signed off £2 million in funds to go towards establishing an East Midlands Development Corporation.
Laura Edgar, The Planner
Government signs off offshore wind sector deal
A government-industry sector deal for offshore wind has been signed off by energy secretary Greg Clark. It could see the number of related jobs triple to 27,000 by 2030.
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It’s been six months since our financial transaction service was launched and in that time we’ve processed over £135 million in planning application fees on behalf of local planning authorities – quickly reconciling and releasing applications with the associated fees to local authorities, so they can start the validation process.
This mammoth figure puts all of our hard work and all of the obstacles we overcame to get here into perspective. It demonstrates why it was so important for us not only to get the technology right, but also to master the processes behind the scenes. Since we announced the launch of the service, we have worked closely with local authorities and submitters to further develop the process and make sure that everyone is benefiting from the improvements to the system. Read more…
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