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Physical Regeneration: Key directors named in housing quango reform

10 September 2004

The Government's housing agency last week announced a series of regional appointments to lead its new streamlined structure.

Editorial: Plan overload poses problem for delivery

10 September 2004

The starter's flag dropped on the new development plans system this week with publication of ministerial guidance on regional spatial strategies and local development frameworks. In principle, the revised plan-making structure offers regional planners an opportunity to move beyond narrow land-use concerns and local planners a more workable "portfolio" approach. But what about the practice?

Physical Regeneration: Second Opinion - Vision for Leeds

10 September 2004

Each week we ask a regeneration practitioner or commentator to assess a recently published planning document. This week Clare Johnson reviews Vision for Leeds.

Interview: Maximising leverage

10 September 2004

Housing Corporation chairman Peter Dixon is keen to use the planning system to increase output and efficiency in delivering affordable homes, writes Chris Griffin. Peter Dixon first became involved with planning in the mid 1970s, when he chaired the planning applications committee at the London Borough of Islington. "I stood for Labour in 1971 because I was politically engaged and many things were wrong in Islington. Curiously, working in the City brought it home to me that I was still an old-fashioned lefty," he recalls.

Physical Regeneration: London's planning system 'struggling'

10 September 2004

London's local authorities are struggling to run effective planning services due to severe staff shortages in the capital, according to research released last week.

Physical Regeneration: Developer abandons its plans for Edinburgh site

10 September 2004

Plans to regenerate a prime brownfield site on the edge of central Edinburgh have been forced back to the drawing board after the company chosen to develop it pulled out of the project last week.

Physical Regeneration: Rent revamp for social home tenants 'flawed'

10 September 2004

The Government's rent restructuring programme is being severely undermined by housing associations that are deliberately over-valuing their properties, it was claimed this week.

Economic Development Brief: Crossrail opens mobile information units

10 September 2004

Crossrail is opening 26 mobile information units over the next couple of months to answer public enquiries about the cross-London rail project. The units will open for two days at a time along the proposed route and will complement the Crossrail information centres already open at Spitalfields and Clerkenwell.

Economic Development Brief: Scientists in Scotland receive grants

10 September 2004

Scientists in Scotland working on topics of public benefit received research grants totalling over £1.2 million at the Royal Society of Edinburgh's annual research awards ceremony last week. The RSE said the work - on areas such as healthcare, communications, energy and the environment - could advance the social and economic well being of Scotland. For further details, visit www.scottish-enterprise.com.

Economic Development Brief: Scheme to help Welsh firms

10 September 2004

A scheme to help Welsh firms access cutting-edge higher education expertise and facilities has secured funding for the next three years. The Welsh Development Agency announced last week that the 18 Welsh Centres of Excellence for Technology and Industrial Collaboration will receive a total of £3.372 million of European funding over this period.