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REGENERATION NEWS: Task force set to help region post Sellafield

19 December 2003

A task force has been launched to examine ways to safeguard the economic well-being of west Cumbria following the decommissioning of the Sellafield reprocessing plant.

REGENERATION NEWS: Report highlights ghost towns risk

19 December 2003

The continuing closure of high street businesses across the UK is "squeezing the life out of local economies" and scuppering government anti-poverty schemes, a report warned this week.

AVIATION WHITE PAPER: Expansion backed at Birmingham site

19 December 2003

Controversial plans to build an airport between Rugby and Coventry have been ditched in favour of expanding Birmingham International Airport, the government revealed this week.

NEWS IN BRIEF: A committee of MPs is to examine ...

19 December 2003

A committee of MPs is to examine government policy for tackling the regional productivity gap. The inquiry, called by the Commons Treasury committee, will focus on progress towards achieving a cross-departmental public service agreement set out in the 2002 spending review. This states the government's aim of reducing "the persistent gap in growth rates between the regions". Issues that the committee will examine include the reasons for differing productivity levels and the effect of domestic and European spending on growth rates.

NEWS IN BRIEF: Birmingham City Council selected ...

19 December 2003

Birmingham City Council selected Countryside Properties as its preferred developer for the £100 million second phase of the Masshouse project this week. The 2.3ha City Park Gate scheme includes 522 flats, retail units and 12,000 sq m of office space. It will complement the first phase of Masshouse, a commercial-led mixed-use scheme designed by Ted Cullinan, and act as a gateway to the £6 billion Eastside project.

NEWS IN BRIEF: A £79 million funding package ...

19 December 2003

A £79 million funding package to regenerate Birmingham's Eastside area, believed to be the largest single regeneration project carried out by a regional development agency, was given the go-ahead by the government last week. The funds will ensure that the Advantage West Midlands scheme, covering 145,000 sq m in the city centre, includes a learning and leisure quarter as well as a technology park to serve Aston University.

Draft town centre statement issued

19 December 2003

Planners should take a more pro-active role in identifying potential town centre sites for new shopping schemes, according to draft revised planning guidance.

Plans get go-ahead for Wimbledon Football Club

19 December 2003

Plans for a 30,000-seat stadium for Wimbledon Football Club in Milton Keynes have received the go-ahead from Milton Keynes Council. The mixed-use scheme by the MK Stadium Consortium also includes a supermarket, shops, offices and a hotel. The club will relocate there when it comes to the end of its two-year residency at the city's National Hockey Stadium.

Egan divulges his emerging themes

19 December 2003

The leader of the government's review group on skills for delivering sustainable communities outlined his emerging conclusions this week, amid continuing concerns that the exercise is losing credibility.

MOVES: Resignation at Borough of Brent

12 December 2003

Nigel Wicks has left the London Borough of Brent to set up his own consultancy, Enforcement Services Ltd. He previously worked for Buckinghamshire County Council, Bristol City Council and North Wiltshire District Council.