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Inspectors recommend South West homes rise

11 January 2008

Planning inspectors yesterday recommended an increase of a fifth in the number of homes planned for South West England to 2026.

Action plan efforts urged in unitary bid

11 January 2008

Cornish district councils set to merge into a unitary authority should focus on their area action plans (AAPs), Cornwall County Council has suggested.

Council seeks views on tariff-based policy

11 January 2008

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council is seeking views on a tariff-based policy aimed at ensuring that developers contribute towards the impact of their schemes on education, transport, libraries, health care, community and recreation facilities and recycling services for larger commercial developments and schemes of 14 or fewer homes. The consultation closes on 25 January.

Resource resolutions

By Sarah Richards

11 January 2008

Understanding allocations can help speed development plans.

Heritage role limit advised

11 January 2008

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) will lodge fewer objections to developments if it adopts recommendations on the efficiency of its planning role, a study has claimed.

City confident over plan for Longbridge

11 January 2008

Birmingham City Council is confident that it will win full government backing to regenerate the MG Rover site at Longbridge after revealing its area action plan.

Airport sets out runway growth plan

11 January 2008

Birmingham International Airport (BIA) set out plans to extend its runway this week as it lodged an application with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.

Freight depot victory hailed as interchange proposal test case

11 January 2008

Communities secretary Hazel Blears has given the go-ahead to controversial plans for a rail freight depot on green belt land in Bexley.

Medway backs coal plant

11 January 2008

Government backing for a power station proposal in Kent could trigger applications for a new wave of coal-fired facilities.

Wind proposal signals Tilbury's commitment to sustainability

11 January 2008

The Port of Tilbury is seeking to cut its carbon emissions by building its own wind farm.