Piers Wehner
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Government unveils proposals for UK airports expansion
The government has unveiled proposals for further runways to cope with a doubling of air passengers over the next 20 years.
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Labour’s Bennett to chair ODPM select committee
Labour MP Andrew Bennett has been elected as the chair of the cross-party select committee scrutinising the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).
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Tory chairman David Davis to shadow John Prescott
Conservative party chairman David Davis has been moved to a new job shadowing deputy prime minister John Prescott, in a reshuffle of the opposition front bench.
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Ronson’s Heron tower clears final hurdle
Heron’s proposed 37-storey office tower at 110 Bishopsgate, EC3, has been given the go-ahead by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Govt scraps proposals for planning tariff system
The government has bowed to industry pressure and scrapped a controversial plan to replace planning gain with tariffs. The proposal, which was one of a clutch of “radical” reforms laid…
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Government waters down planning reforms
The government today confirmed that reforms laid out in last December’s planning green paper have been dropped in favour of less radical options.
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Government waters down planning reforms
The government today confirmed that reforms laid out in last December’s Planning Green Paper have been dropped in favour of less radical options.
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Govt seeks use for defunct Yorkshire coalfield
Government troubleshooter Lord Haskins has been charged with finding a new use for Yorkshire’s Selby coalfield, which is set for closure.
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Spending Review: RICS criticises ‘bare minimum’ housing subsidy
The RICS has criticised the government’s comprehensive spending review for providing planning and housing with the “bare minimum” funding needed and “throwing up as many questions as it answers”.
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Spending Review: Brown pledges major rise in housing subsidy
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced that public subsidy for housing will rise by over £1bn a year to £5.9bn a year by 2005-06.
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UK land tax boosted by proposed pilot schemes
Plans to tax land ownership could become a reality if two pilot schemes in Liverpool and Oxfordshire are given the go-ahead.
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EH asks developers to help save listed properties
English Heritage (EH) has called on the property industry to help it save over 1,500 listed buildings from destruction. Speaking at the launch of its “Buildings at Risk” register yesterday,…