Piers Wehner
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London Mayor begs EU to spare capital’s regeneration funds
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has called on the European Union (EU) not to cut back funding for the UK capital when the EU expands into Eastern Europe.
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Shelter calls for £1.7bn housing boost from Govt
Homelessness charity Shelter has told MPs that planning gain will pay for only 10% of the 99,000 affordable homes that England needs each year.
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Commons committee slams planning reforms
The government’s proposed planning reforms have been savaged by a cross-party committee of MPs, in a report published today. The influential Commons Transport, Local Government and the Regions committee’s report…
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Livingstone urges boroughs to get more from planning obligations
Mayor for London Ken Livingstone has called on London boroughs to take greater advantage of planning obligations made on developers. Speaking at the launch of the Planning Obligations in London…
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Stephen Wicks to manage Henderson’s retail portfolio
Stephen Wicks is joining Henderson Global Investors, the investment management arm of AMP, as its senior portfolio manager for retail. Wicks was previously an associate partner at Strutt & Parker…
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Crown puts £180m Ascot racecourse plans on track
The Crown Estate has submitted plans for a £180m redevelopment of Ascot, its famous Berkshire racecourse. The Crown has been planning the scheme for the past five years in a…
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CBI demands £1bn boost for planning system
The CBI has called on the Government to pour an extra £1bn into the UK’s planning system over the next three years.
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London Plan to add social housing costs to schemes
All schemes in the capital will have to incorporate affordable housing, if proposals in the draft London Plan are implemented. Mayor Ken Livingstones blueprint for the capital, which was published…
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CABE attacks St Modwen plans for Brighton’s West Pier
Plans to restore Brighton’s famous West Pier have been attacked by government architecture watchdog, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE).
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Brown reiterates housing and planning subsidy pledge
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has again pledged to put more public money into housing provision and improving planning resources.
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LSE report says London needs more towers
London needs more tall buildings to remain a competitive world city, according to a new report by the London School of Economics.
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Glasgow’s Science Centre on Stirling Award shortlist
The Science Centre at Pacific Quay in Glasgow has been shortlisted for the Stirling Architecture Award. The unrepentantly modern trio of buildings, designed by Building Design Partnership, was one of…