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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

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.

lockedForesight looks to future land use

The Government’s Foresight science programme has launched its review of land use in the UK to 2050 and beyond, confirming moves are afoot in Whitehall to restore some kind of environmental input to national planning policy.

lockedNot exempt

Grantham Magistrates have fined Greylees of Boiling Wells Farm, South Rauceby £10,000 after it admitted depositing and keeping waste at the disused quarry there.

lockedEnvironment Agency commended for deregulating

The Environment Agency has welcomed a report on implementing the Hampton review of regulation which says it is making progress towards reducing burdens on industry but needs to reduce burdens caused by inspections and monitoring requirements as these often have no clear link to environmental outcomes.


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