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Ha ha ha

By Chris Shepley

31 August 2007

Comedy and planning do mix.

Popularising president

31 August 2007

Steve Quartermain is set on boosting the profile of the Planning Officers Society.

Second opinion

31 August 2007

Review of a masterplan for Hereford.

Housing supported close to heathlands

31 August 2007

Delivery of homes near sensitive Thames Basin heathland moved a step closer this week after a recommendation to raise housing levels.

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.

Government approves central Cambridge housing application

24 August 2007

Plans to regenerate a 2.75ha brownfield site near Cambridge city centre have been backed by the government after the local authority refused planning permission.

Planning approval in Salford

24 August 2007

Phase two of the Lower Broughton regeneration scheme in Salford has won planning approval.

Land Securities lodges plans to renew key London interchange

24 August 2007

Land Securities has submitted a planning application for its London Victoria transport interchange proposals, it was announced this week.

South Wales power plant wins backing

24 August 2007

A £400 million power plant will be built on the edge of a south Wales site of special scientific interest after the government backed the plans this week.

Council backs down in wind farm inquiry

24 August 2007

The future of an authority's pioneering renewables strategy is in doubt after it withdrew objections to a wind farm on the penultimate day of a public inquiry.