- Local authorities would be able to keep 50 per cent of business rates, under proposals unveiled by communities secretary Eric Pickles.
- You no longer have to login or register to post comments on PlanningResource or Regen.net blogs.
- Planning and regeneration chiefs are amongst a shortlist of nine people in the running for the annual Alan Cherry Award for Placemaking.
- The London Borough of Brent has selected housing association Catalyst Housing to develop the latest phase of the regeneration of the South Kilburn Estate.
- The Department for Communities and Local Government has appointed architect and TV presenter George Clarke as its adviser on empty homes.
- Middlesbrough Council has said it is making progress in its plans to hand over ownership of a number of council facilities to community groups as part of cost cutting proposals.
- Plans for the first phase of the redevelopment of Skelmersdale town centre including a cinema and new shops have been unveiled by developer St Modwen.
- The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has approved a supplementary planning document to guide the redevelopment of the Earls Court area.
- Retailer IKEA's development arm has submitted a planning application for a mixed use scheme including 1,200 homes next to Stratford's Olympic Park in east London.
- Umbrella group the Local Government Association (LGA) has called on chancellor George Osborne to grant councils more finance-raising powers to boost local spending on housing and infrastructure and drive economic growth.
- The London Borough of Wandsworth has approved outline plans for up to 1,870 homes in the Nine Elms regeneration area in south-west London.
- Video: Planning consultant editor Bryan Johnston talks to chair of judges for the 2011 RTPI Awards about what sets the winners apart from other entries and what the awards mean for the planning profession.
- Hull City Council has launched a public consultation into proposals to relax planning rules within the area’s Alexandra Dock and Queen Elizabeth Dock enterprise zone.
- Proposals for a major regeneration project in Chester face further uncertainty after Cheshire West and Chester Council scrapped a long-running development agreement for the scheme with developer ING Real Estate.
- Social enterprises, charities and local enterprise partnerships have been invited to bid for more than £23.7m of funding available in 2012 from the government's new Coastal Communities Fund, aimed at promoting regeneration in seaside towns.
- Nominations have been invited for the Academy of Urbanism’s annual Urbanism Awards for 2013.
- Ministers have invited community and voluntary organisations to apply for a new £100 million fund to help bring empty homes back into use.
