Piers Wehner
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Mayor promotes Peabody’s “mini” homes
Mayor for London Ken Livingstone appeared at the Ideal Home Exhibition this week to promote a new “mini-suite” developed by the Peabody Trust and the London Development Agency.
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RICS blasts Byers over EU gap funding inaction
The RICS has lambasted beleaguered DTLR minister Stephen Byers for not challenging EU regulations on urban regeneration. Speaking to MPs on the all-party urban affairs sub-committee this week, RICS regeneration…
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Planning green paper response deadlines confirmed
Responses to the governments planning green paper and the planning obligations “daughter document” must be sent to the DTLR by 18 March.
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Peace makes war on government’s stamp duty plans
The BPF’s new director general Liz Peace has said that the government’s planned stamp duty exemptions for property in disadvantaged areas could discourage commercial investment in housing.
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Offices secure South Yorkshire’s first EU gap funding
Two office developments totalling over 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sq m) have become the first schemes in South Yorkshire to secure funding under the new European gap funding programme.
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RICS calls on Govt to challenge EU’s gap funding rules
The RICS has lashed out at the Government for failing to challenge EU rules on gap funding for urban regeneration. Speaking to MPs this morning, RICS Regeneration Policy Panel chairman…
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St Modwen sells shopping centre first phase for £7m
St Modwen has sold the first phase of its Castle Walk shopping scheme in Newcastle-under-Lyme to Atmore Properties. The 64,500 sq ft (6,038 sq m) development was sold as an…
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Green groups unite to oppose planning reforms
Friends of the Earth, the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) and Transport 2000 have united in opposition to the Government’s proposed planning reforms.
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Lobbyists push for legal aid for planning objectors
Members of the public could get legal aid to challenge planning decisions in court, if proposals by conservation lobbyists are approved.
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Falconer decries affordable housing ‘lost opportunity’
Local authorities are failing to make the best use of planning policies to secure more affordable housing, a DTLR report claimed today.
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RTPI urges rise in public sector planners’ wages
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has called on the government to take “immediate action” to increase public sector planners’ salaries, describing them as “stifling” and “stagnant”.
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MPs hear experts attack ‘chaotic’ EU gap funding rules
Regeneration experts have told MPs that the European Commission’s “chaotic and arbitrary” gap funding regulations pose a significant threat to the revitalisation of deprived areas.