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Planning
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China showing the way in urban planning says RTPI
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. -
Housing Bill not clear on combining new homes and significant infrastructure
Developers face uncertainty over the option of building permanent housing in Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, says Alex Bullock -
Lessons from Europe: how planning can stimulate housing development
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. -
Disconnect between housing and infrastructure puts South East at threat
AECOM and Kent County Council have identified a £2bn infrastructure funding gap in Kent alone over the next 16 years -
Moving infrastructure beyond a lick and a promise
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. -
Gaining consent in the North York Moors National Park – an impossible feat?
Careful handling of ‘Special Qualities” has gained planning permission for a potash mine in the North Yorkshire Moors National Path, explains Matthew Hunt. -
Industry backs Chancellor's new Infrastructure Commission appointments
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. -
£100bn? Excellent - but devil is in the detail
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. -
Heseltine and Armitt top line up as Osborne names Infrastructure Commission
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. -
Pace of infrastructure project pipeline delivery too slow, says UK business
UK infrastructure quality is increasing but vital economically significant infrastructure projects are still progressing too slowly, according to CBI/AECOM survey of UK businesses.