Tall building earmarked for Portsmouth City Centre Sep 27, 2017 Portsmouth looks on the verge of a high-rise building boom, the council’s city development manager told Built Environment Networking’s recent event in the city. Delivering the opening presentation at the Portsmouth Development Plans 2017 event, Claire Upton Brown said that the authority had to deliver up to 17,200 new homes in its local plan, which […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Chinese set sights on Leicester Sep 27, 2017 China’s most senior UK inward investment official in the UK will be heading a 25-strong delegation of the country’s businesses to Leicester next month (October). Helen Donnellan, inward investment director at Leicester City Council told Built Environment Networking’s recent event in the city that the official will be attending an event at the east midlands […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Ambition & commitment to elevate West Yorkshire to the international stage Sep 24, 2017 The inaugural West Yorkshire Economic Growth Conference heard from the region’s key business and political leaders about how West Yorkshire can harness its economic potential to ensure it competes on the international stage. Over 350 delegates heard from Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leader of Bradford Council as she […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Final line-up of speakers announced for the inaugural West Yorkshire Economic Growth Conference Sep 18, 2017 Final line-up of speakers announced for the inaugural West Yorkshire Economic Growth Conference Over 300 delegates and 20 exhibitors Dr Aman Puri, Counsul General for India – key note speaker New speakers confirmed including HS2, Transport for the North and Huddersfield Town AFC Over three hundred people are expected to attend the first ever West […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Bristol to push for more affordable housing Sep 18, 2017 Bristol’s elected mayor is aiming to ensure that a fifth of all new housing development in city is affordable, according to the chief executive of one of the city’s biggest registered providers. Oona Goldsworthy, chief executive of United Communities housing association, told Built Environment Network’s recent Bristol Major Development Plans event that she believed Marvin […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
The North East is flying… Sep 15, 2017 The arena and conference centre being planned on Gateshead’s Tyne waterfront will be a development of ‘regional significance’, the local council’s chief executive has said. Developers ASK and investors Patrizia are backing the plans for a 10,000 sq m conference and exhibition centre, arena, bars and hotels. The new arena will be located on a […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Tory Cambridge Mayor backs land value capture tax Aug 23, 2017 Cambridge’s directly elected mayor has backed taxing land values to help pay for the infrastructure, including an underground railway, which he said is needed to help bring forward development around the city. James Palmer told a Built Environment Networking event in the city there was a requirement for a mechanism to capture the increases in […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Bristol to unleash tall buildings relaxation Aug 23, 2017 Bristol council is about to unveil plans to allow more tall buildings in the city, the authority’s housing supremo has revealed. Cllr Paul Smith, cabinet member for housing at Bristol City Council, said that the authority was about to go out to go to consultation on a new strategy to encourage higher density development. “The […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Development and investment updates from Crewe Aug 23, 2017 £55BN PRICE TAG FOR HS2 IS ‘INSIGNIFICANT’, SAYS RAIL PROJECT DIRECTOR The £55bn cost of building HS2 is ‘insignificant’ when put in the context of the government’s wider spending, according to one of the rail project’s board members. Duncan Sutherland, who is an executive director of the HS2 company that is spearheading the north-south rail […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Government in talks with Manchester authority on land clean up fund Aug 23, 2017 The new pan-Manchester authority is negotiating with the government to create a new fund to remediate the conurbation’s contaminated brownfield sites. Eamonn Boylan, chief executive of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority said that contamination, often the legacy of Manchester’s industrial past, was a big obstacle to bringing forward sites for development across the conurbation. “Land […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
