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English
heritage
grants
English Heritage announced grants
worth £9m to 59 of England's most deprived urban and rural
areas under the Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme.
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Midlands: regeneration depends on enviro-factors
Regeneration of the West Midlands region
will depend on a good environment according to new research
which claims to be the first detailed study of the environment's
contribution to a sustainable economy.
E
Midlands RPG
The government has released its proposed
changes to the East Midlands' Draft Regional Planning Guidance.
They are out for consultation until June, then the final RPG
will be produced
Worthing
most profitable town
Worthing in West Sussex has been named
the most profitable town in Britain for the third year in
a row. Experian's annual survey of the profit and loss
of more than 430 towns and cities across Britain revealed
that Worthing retained the top spot despite the average profit
margin of companies in the town falling from 25.74 % to 22.29%.
MP
challenges housing build
Simon Burns, Conservative MP
for West Chelmsford challenged the government's strategy
for house construction in the south east in an Adjournment
debate.
Re-use
of reclaimed derelict land a priority in Wales
The Minister for Environment in the Welsh
Executive, Sue Essex, told the Welsh Assembly
that if planning guidance is considered
Canal
breakthrough
The 20-mile long Huddersfield Narrow Canal
has re-opened, after over 50 years.
Celtic
homes
Celtic Football Club is planning
to branch into housebuilding to support its training academy.
Devonport
gets £49 m
The Devonport area of Plymouth has been
awarded a £49 million regeneration grant. The neighbourhood
successfully bid for the cash under the Government's New
Deal for the Communities.
Euro-funding
bid
A bid for £3 million of European funding
has been submitted for Torquay's Beacon development.
Logjam
unblocked
The Ministry of Defence handed
over 89 houses in Balivanich in the Western Isles to Comhairle
nan Eilean Siar, after the council yesterday broke the
bureaucratic logjam blocking a major regeneration scheme.
Plymouth
green light?
£10 million plans to transform the largest
building at Plymouth's historic Royal William Yard
look set to be approved by Plymouth city planners.
Glasgow's
brownfield blueprint
Glasgow Council has unveiled a plan
to halt the drift of population into the suburbs.
SRB
bid revision
The Loughborough Partnership, a
consortium of local organisations backed by Charnwood Borough
Council, has been told
Area
based regeneration questioned
Area-based regeneration projects have been
intensively studied but little of the research reveals who
benefited from them and how, according to newly published
research for the DETR.
SEPA:
contamination register underway
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has taken its first
steps towards creating a contaminated
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