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Lothian local plan backed

11 April 2008

Inquiry reporters have endorsed proposals in the West Lothian Local Plan for 25,000 new homes over the next 15 years.

Ozzie rules

By Tim Williams

11 April 2008

My housing lessons from down under

Diary

11 April 2008

First to Whitehall, where it seems that mandarins at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have far too much time on their hands. It has emerged that civil servants from the department have edited more than 100 pages of Wikipedia, the on-line encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. But embarrassingly for the DCMS, it appears that rather than editing entries about William Shakespeare, Stonehenge and Britain's monarchy, its officials chose to amend pages relating to less highbrow cultural icons.

What's On - Regeneration-related TV and radio

11 April 2008

- Friday 11 April. 3.00pm Ramblings. Radio 4. A look at how the proposed Severn Barrage would affect the local coastline.

Work Experience with Vanessa Dunn, associate partner, i-Transport

11 April 2008

Vanessa Dunn left her first career in engineering to become a regeneration-focused transport planner and is now at consultancy i-Transport. She has contributed to public sector masterplanning and regeneration projects across northern England.

Agenda - To 12 June

11 April 2008

- 15 April Using Evidence in Policy and Project Development. Organiser: the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (Cles). Venue: Newcastle. Fee: £105-200. Details: (email) events@cles.org.uk, (web) www.cles.org.uk/events

Guide to benefiting from non-grid power

11 April 2008

A guide on how councils and regeneration projects can best utilise decentralised power sources has been launched by campaign group the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and trade body the Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA).

New publications

11 April 2008

Unless stated, these documents can be viewed on www.regen.net/doc.

Innovations

11 April 2008

A scheme that sells cut-price homes to tackle blight

5 steps to...

11 April 2008

...setting up an urban farm