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EDITORIAL: Resources key issue as pressure piles up

19 December 2003

It was clear from Monday's ODPM conference on planning and productivity that the government views planning with great importance. The conference was attended by both chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown and deputy prime minister John Prescott, no less, and delegates were reminded how crucial planning is in helping to maintain the UK's economic performance and securing sustainable communities.

OPINION: Fyson on ... Barker's review and easing up housing supply

19 December 2003

Monetary policy guru Kate Barker has provided such a thorough analysis of housing supply problems in her interim report that there is real hope of some well-informed recommendations in the final document. It is especially encouraging that she recognises the complexity of the issue and evinces no intention of making planners the scapegoats for scandalous housing shortages.

Tanner on ... best models for town layouts to ease congestion

19 December 2003

A recent ODPM report (Planning, 31 October, p4) claims that the idea of polycentric urban development is beginning to influence planning policy in the UK, four years after the European Spatial Development Perspective, which enshrined the idea, was endorsed by the EU's member countries. I think not. Centralism is too deeply ingrained in UK land-use and transport planning, officially endorsed by the ubiquitous sequential tests and lack of enthusiasm for new settlements.

Professional migration reveals search for soul

19 December 2003

Tyneside is seeing a reversal of migration trends among mobile young professionals, writes Rosie Niven.

ANALYSIS: Greener signals on renewal

19 December 2003

Sustainable forms of regeneration are few and far between, for all the fine words, says Marino Donati.

SCOTTISH NEWS: Babtie chosen for Aberdeen bypass work

19 December 2003

Aberdeen's long-awaited western bypass has moved a step closer with the appointment of consultancy Babtie to carry out design work and environmental impact assessments.

SCOTTISH NEWS: Fears surface over planning bill delays

19 December 2003

Scottish ministers have been warned of growing concern at delays in tabling new planning legislation.

SCOTTISH NEWS: Edinburgh backs green belt school

19 December 2003

Councillors have overriden Edinburgh's development plan and approved an application for a £30 million business school on green belt land on the capital's outskirts.

BUSINESS BRIEF: South Gloucestershire Council has ...

19 December 2003

South Gloucestershire Council has appointed MVA to carry out an alternative study reviewing the case for a rapid transit system in the area. This follows last January's decision not to pursue an extension to the Bristol Supertram light rail scheme beyond Bristol Parkway Station to the Cribbs Causeway regional shopping centre. The study will refocus work on a range of rapid transit options in South Gloucestershire with the intention of developing a replacement scheme that can be submitted to the government.

BUSINESS BRIEF: The Symonds Group's sport and leisure ...

19 December 2003

The Symonds Group's sport and leisure consultancy division has been appointed to carry out a study into redeveloping a range of Nottingham City Council's sporting facilities. The study, which is being carried out in partnerships with the Nottingham office of S&P Architects and the Sports Turf Research Institute, includes discussions with local people and stakeholders to identify current and future facility and sports development needs.