China’s success in using planning to grow and develop the economy should send a strong signal to UK politicians and the public, the Royal Town Planning Institute says.
New studies show how France, Germany and the Netherlands have successfully tackled housing and regeneration by using planning skills and tools in a way that is markedly different from the UK, says RTPI.
All eyes are on the new infrastructure commissioners, appointed last week, as they begin their programme of work to determine Britain’s infrastructure priorities. CECA’s Marie-Claude Hemming explains the challenge.
Careful handling of ‘Special Qualities” has gained planning permission for a potash mine in the North Yorkshire Moors National Path, explains Matthew Hunt.
New “long-term strategy to ensure the UK’s infrastructure truly meets the expectations of business and the general public” and £100bn spending commitment by 2020 underlines government’s support for infrastructure investment.
Promise of £100bn of spending on infrastructure up to 2020 is welcome news, says AECOM’s Richard Robinson, but industry urgently needs the detail of what it is to be spent on so the projects can start to move.
Chancellor George Osborne backs National Infrastructure Commission with £100bn spending commitment to ‘get Britain building’ new roads, rail, flood defences and other vital projects in this Parliament.
UK infrastructure quality is increasing but vital economically significant infrastructure projects are still progressing too slowly, according to CBI/AECOM survey of UK businesses.