Hotel boom triggers rethink of Airport City masterplan Dec 11, 2017 The masterplan for Manchester’s Airport City is having to be rethought due to greater than expected demand for hotel space, a Built Environment Networking conference has heard. Lynda Shillaw, chief executive of property at Manchester Airport Group (MAG), told the North West Development and Regeneration Plans conference that two hotel deals had already been executed […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Garden Town must be more than a marketing tool – Essex Environment Chief Dec 7, 2017 The term garden community should not be watered down to a promotional tool for housing development, Essex council’s heads of planning has told a Built Environment Networking conference. Nicola Beach, executive director for infrastructure and environment at Essex County Council, said at last week’s BEN Harlow and Essex Development Plans conference that planned garden cities […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Conference to set out development plans & opportunities in London Nov 28, 2017 On the 10th January, prominent business and public-sector leaders will come together at the London Development Plans conference – one of the City’s largest business events of the year within the property and construction industry. The event, hosted by Built Environment Networking, will see some of the region’s biggest names in business lead a regional […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Leeds Council Chief Executive reveals conference centre ambition for the City Nov 28, 2017 Leeds will be pushing for its own conference centre in a bid to put the city more firmly on the map, the council’s chief executive has told a Built Environment Networking conference. Tom Riordan told the Leeds & West Yorkshire Development Plans event in the city last Wednesday that the ‘time is right’ to consider […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Strategy aims to cut Ediburgh’s reliance on the financial sector Nov 21, 2017 Edinburgh’s economic strategy will seek to cut the Scottish capital’s reliance on financial services, a senior council official has told a Built Environment Networking Conference. Michael Thain, head of place development at Edinburgh City Council, said in a presentation at BEN’s Edinburgh Development Plans conference that the authority’s emerging economic strategy would be focused on […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Government warned over Surrey housing numbers Nov 20, 2017 Surrey’s local authorities will be unable to meet the increased housing output being demanded by ministers, the county council’s cabinet property supremo has told a Built Environment Networking conference. The government recently announced that it is planning to change the way it calculates how many new homes councils need to plan for in their local […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Brighton Council signals truce with developers Nov 16, 2017 Brighton council wants to end its reputation for taking an adversarial stance towards developers, the borough’s senior planner has told a Built Environment Networking event. Giving the keynote presentation at the Brighton Hove & Sussex Development Plans event earlier this month, the authority’s head of planning Liz Hobden said: “The local planning authority has a […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Grade II property on Hove seafront set for flat conversion Nov 16, 2017 Rego property have outlined their plans to convert the former headquarters of Brighton and Hove’s Council into flats at a recent Built Environment Networking event. The plan to convert King’s House, a grade II listed building on Hove seafront, will provide much needed housing in the region. Ronan Mellett, director of Rego Property, said that […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Conference to set out economic growth opportunities in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Nov 15, 2017 On the 6th December, prominent business and public-sector leaders will meet at The Guildhall in Cambridge for the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Economic Growth Conference – the region’s largest business conference of 2017. The conference, hosted by Built Environment Networking, will see some of the combined authority’s biggest names in business and politics lead a debate […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
New heritage park & city centre hotel to galvanise Coventry Nov 14, 2017 Ian Harrabin, chairman of the Historic Coventry trust, is to create a new heritage park in the grounds of the medieval Carthusian monastery on the outskirts of the city centre. He said that the monks’ cells will be restored to create new hotel accommodation and a new events venue will be built in the gardens. […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
