All Planning articles – Page 34
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NewsGrant Shapps calls for more self built homes
Housing minister Grant Shapps has said he wants to make self building a mainstream housing option and has set up a working group to see how this can be done.Shapps is hoping to make it easier for people to raise finance to build their own homes and wants more land ...
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NewsFirms unite to counter Hammersmith plans
Architects from a dozen west London practices have joined forces to oppose Sheppard Robson’s plans for a prominent site in Hammersmith.
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NewsWandsworth Council leader to become Boris's planning supremo
Simon Milton’s replacement announced as Edward Lister
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NewsCampaigners hail engineer's report as proof Victorian terraces should be saved
Save Britain’s Heritage has issued an 11th-hour appeal to Liverpool Council to reject plans to bulldoze hundreds of Victorian houses, including Ringo Starr’s birthplace.A report by one of the UK’s top structural engineers specialising in historic buildings concluded that the so-called Welsh Streets in Liverpool were easily capable of viable ...
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Empty offices could be turned into homes, minister proposes
Government launches consultation on relaxation of planning rules
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NewsOnly one eco-town will keep original standards
Just one of Labour’s 10 eco-towns will now be built to the original, much-vaunted environmental standards, it has emerged.
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NewsMarks Barfield's Islamia to reapply for planning
Brent Council’s decision to grant planning to a scheme by Marks Barfield to extend the country’s first state-funded Muslim primary school has been scrapped and will be heard again.
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NLA sets up London industry lobby group
New London Architecture has set up a pan-industry body to lobby the capital’s mayor about future changes affecting future building in the capital.
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NewsThe budget: what you need to know
“Cumbersome” planning regulations a key target in the plan for economic growth
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NewsRTPI: Planning is part of economic solution
The Royal Town Planning Institute has hit back at Vince Cable’s claim that planning is a barrier to growth
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NewsCrossrail stations please Cabe
Cabe has praised John McAslan & Partners’ designs for its two Bond Street stations in London’s west end.
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NewsGovernment claims to support architects under localism
The government has spoken out in support for architecture and the role of architects under localism.
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NewsPrince Charles driven 'insane' by classicist label
Work with the Foundation for the Built Environment not about style, HRH insists
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NewsStuart Lipton leads investigation into strengthening localism
Former Cabe chairman to examine how cities can cut ties with Whitehall
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NewsRichard Rogers appeals to government to save Cabe
Allow the proposed merger with the Design Council to take place or Britain’s quality of life will suffer, architect argues
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NewsRIBA urges MPs to strengthen localism bill
Call for greater clarity as bill enters committee stage
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NewsFarrell's Earls Court redevelopment threatened by Big Society plans
Council tenants want to take over own homes
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NewsRICS localism commission seeks architects' views
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling on architects and other construction professionals to contribute to an independent commission set up to examine how communities can embrace localism.
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NewsSAVE puts localism to the test in Toxteth
Localism faces its first real test as Pickles is asked to stop Pathfinder bulldozers from razing Ringo Starr’s childhood neighbourhood
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NewsRiba could usurp Cabe in bid to run design reviews
Institute’s proposal could put it at heart of government’s localism agenda