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lockedRochdale retenders town centre after judgements

A European Court of Justice ruling on a development in Greece has forced Rochdale Borough Council to rerun its developer selection for the £250m town centre redevelopment

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lockedVapour intrusion and digital data developments rising up US agenda

BB talks to Environmental Data Resources’ Pat Coyne on a couple of important emerging US trends

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lockedWidespread support for Skills Strategy…

Brownfield practitioners have called for a central Government fund to kick start and support implementation of the Brownfield Skills Strategy .

lockedTellesma saying little

The Prince of Wales has reportedly launched a £1bn+ property fund for sustainable building projects including brownfield called Tellesma

lockedNORTHERN IRELAND - Coleraine scheduled

Northern Ireland’s Social Development Department has decided that major redevelopment in Coleraine town centre will begin

lockedBrickfields wood

Work is underway on St Helens’ new community woodland on a former landfill site south of the town

lockedCaveat emptor

“We don’t want towns that are deserted during week days and evacuated on weekends as people drive miles out of town to work, shop and relax.

lockedLow key soil strategy launched for consultation

The consultation paper finally emerged with very little fanfare four years after DEFRA’s first Soil Action Plan for England.

lockedNext time it’s gaol

Liverpool High Court has fined a Rotherham man £10,000 after he admitted 16 breaches of a court undertaking not to import further waste at Red Hill Quarry.

lockedRegional planning will go to quangos

The Government has belatedly announced consultations on its proposals to strip democratic control from regional planning - two months after it introduced enabling legislation to introduce the changes.