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NEWS IN BRIEF: Falling house prices in UK

16 January 2004

House prices in the UK have fallen, according to latest ODPM figures published this week. The average house price in November 2003 was £159,480, compared with £161,567 in October. England continues to have the highest average prices, followed by Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. London had the highest regional average at £241,385.

Authorities voice fears over quality

16 January 2004

Local authorities struggling to meet deadlines for determining planning applications warned this week that pushing for quicker decisions will damage the quality of development.

Leeds City Council grants planning permission

16 January 2004

Leeds City Council has granted planning permission to Hermes and St James Securities for the Wellington Place project in the western sector of the city centre. The plan, drawn up by Carey Jones Architects, proposes 218,315 sq m of mixed uses including office space, housing, a hotel, restaurants and retail outlets.

Inquiry to set precedent for retail verdicts

16 January 2004

An inquiry started this week into a proposed superstore extension in a case being billed as a test of the use of intermediate floors to get round planning restrictions.

Hill guarantees central role for county councils

16 January 2004

County councils will be guaranteed a central role in the new regional planning system, planning minister Keith Hill promised this week.

Whitehall is 'coming round' to regional lobby

16 January 2004

Senior civil servants are now convinced of the need to grow England's regional capitals rather than the South-East, a leading figure involved in a new report on competitiveness claimed this week.

City firms prepared to pay up for Crossrail

16 January 2004

Firms in the City of London have told public sector chiefs that they are willing to stump up more tax to get Crossrail built.

MOVES: Appointment at Arts Council England, South-East

16 January 2004

Annie Atkins has been appointed as regeneration resources officer for the Arts Council England, South-East. Formerly regional coordinator for government adviser the Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment, Atkins has also worked in grant management at the Millennium Commission and the Museums & Galleries Commission.

MOVES: Appointment at Assettrust Housing

16 January 2004

Commercial and residential property investor Assettrust Housing has appointed affordable housing experts Peter Chapman and Peter Kershaw as non-executive directors. Chapman is a director of a subsidiary of housing consultancy Hacas, while Kershaw has been involved in property development for 25 years, including managing the Kuala Lumpur city centre development.

MOVES: Appointment at Plymouth City Council

16 January 2004

Plymouth City Council has appointed Nigel Pitt as its director of development. Pitt's regeneration responsibilities will include delivering major regeneration and investment proposals for the city centre and waterfront. He will also be responsible for mainstreaming neighbourhood renewal activity and supporting major programmes such as Devonport NDC. He has been acting as director of development since January 2002.