Archive

Rotten to the core

31 August 2007

Latest proposals to transfer plan-making powers to regional development agencies ignore recent fundamental changes in planning thought and practice, maintains Tim Marshall.

Need stands test of time

31 August 2007

The government's planning white paper includes a much-vaunted proposal to overhaul the retail need and impact tests but Bruce Hartley-Raven doubts whether this will be the final word on the subject.

Agency fears golf impacts

31 August 2007

Scottish Natural Heritage is maintaining its objection to a proposed two-course golf resort north of Aberdeen.

Harder need test advised

31 August 2007

The retail need test should be strengthened and extended to cover town centres, a submission to the Competition Commission has argued.

Gain queried at Heathrow

24 August 2007

Economic benefits used to justify a third runway at Heathrow Airport may have been overestimated, according to latest research.

Sport village gets funding

24 August 2007

A £35 million sports village in Essex that could be used as a training camp for the 2012 Olympic Games won DCLG funding this week.

Rise in air travellers shifts capital ahead

17 August 2007

Edinburgh Airport has become Scotland's busiest for the first time after 916,690 passengers passed through the terminal in July.

Contest mooted for low-carbon tenders

17 August 2007

A competition should be held for renewable energy providers and the nuclear industry to bid for subsidies to develop low-carbon technologies, a senior Tory figure suggested this week.

Rural homes proponent

17 August 2007

Candy Atherton is determined that all sectors of the community should play their part.

Rich and poor

By Anthony Fyson

17 August 2007

Planners must tackle the divide.