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Draft guides for local development

The government has launched two draft guides on Local Development Frameworks, the new strategic planning documents that will be introduced next summer under th…

Role for Egan

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‘Most brownfield is useless’- report

The government’s 60% brownfield development target has been dealt a severe blow by its own regeneration arm, English Partnerships, which has released a study c…

[MMC-IMG=360-A=Left] Plan and deliver

A flood of new policy guidance has completed the broad outlines of the government’s planning reforms. So will they deliver a more efficient planning system and…

appointments

[MMC-IMG=383-A=Centre] Charles Church Charles Church has appointed Martin Bailey (right) as a surveyor and Gary Ross as a design manager to its Southern regio…

New skills NVQs

The Joint Award Body Partnership (JAB) has launched new construction skills NVQs as part of ongoing moves to ease the industry’s skills crisis. The new qualifi…

London planning summit

The government is bringing together leading figures in the industry and top politicians to debate planning at a high powered conference in London this month.

in the pipeline

Tenders are currently invited for a £8 million building redevelopment at Huntingdon House, Cromwell Road, London. The scheme, being developed by LC (London) an…

in brief

Brownfield ventureEnglish Partnerships and Bellway have formed a joint venture to develop Barking Reach, a 150 hectare brownfield site in the Thames Gateway. T…