Latest Jobs
- Principal Development Planner
- Scotland
- Competitive Salary & Benefits
- Head of Planning and Transport Strategy
- North West England
- £56,268 - £61,392
- Policy / Senior / Principle Planners
- East of England
- £21,936 - £53,000
- Monitoring and Enforcement Officer
- South East England
- £23,569 - £28,531
- Current Vacancies
- Yorkshire and Humberside
- Senior Economic Policy Officer
- South East England
- £40,000 +Benefits
- Strategic Housing & Partnership Manager
- £32,380 - £36,730 + Benefits
- Senior Planning Officer (Development Control)
- South East England
- £27,526 - £33,150pa
- Chief Officer: Planning & Transport
- South East England
- £79,200 - £84,000 pa
- Planning Officers / Assistants
- Yorkshire and Humberside
- £16,941 - £31,348
It's time to expand the Crossrail dream
Sir Peter Hall, Regeneration & Renewal, 4 May 2007
A flurry of new stories have emerged about Crossrail, London's planned £10 billion express rail project linking Heathrow and Paddington with the City and Canary Wharf. Agreement is near on a financial package, says one. Costs have been slashed by as much as a billion, claims another. The line will be extended west of London from Maidenhead to Reading, says yet another. All could be true - or another case of wish fulfilment.
For dream-building has been all too evident over the long years of Crossrail's gestation. The basic problem is: everyone wants it, but no one knows how to pay for it. Big business...
Latest News
- Deadline threat to £100m of EU aid
- Give your views and win £100 prize
- Homes chief: Whitehall won't meddle with us
- 2012 media centre legacy pledge
- Former coalfields 'decline further'
- Manchester c-charge poll on edge
- Major Crossrail funding secured
- Youth anti-crime programme sees increase in participation
- Brewery development gets planning permission
- R&R's Careers & Salary Survey 2008
In Depth
Find a Consultant
Find a planning or regeneration consultant
