Planners in Cambridgeshire “need to begin looking at green belt sites” Dec 15, 2017 Planners will need to begin looking at Cambridgeshire’s green belt as the county’s stock of redundant airfield housing sites runs out, the chief executive of one of the county’s leading housing association has warned at a Built Environment Networking conference. “Finding large sites will be harder in the future,” said the CHS Group’s Nigel Howlett […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Cambridge Underground could be delivered by 2025 Dec 12, 2017 A Cambridge underground metro system, with an overground network linking villages and towns to the city, could be coming to Cambridge as early as 2025. Chris Tunstall, Transport Director at The Greater Cambridge Partnership, said news would be announced soon of a new study detailing transport options for the city when speaking at our Cambridgeshire […] 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 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
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
Broads planner outlines vision of high quality growth Sep 23, 2014 The chief officer of the council covering one of Norwich’s key expansion zones has said the authority wants growth, but not at any cost. Broadland district council chief executive Phil Kirby delivered the opening keynote presentation at Built Environment Networking’s Norwich Development Plans seminar, which took place last Thursday (16th September) in the city. He […] Posted by: Adil Kotia Read more
Cambridge ‘held back’ by lack of housing and infrastructure Jun 29, 2014 Inadequate housing and transport infrastructure is hampering Cambridge’s economic development, the University of Cambridge has warned. Professor Jeremy Sanders, pro-vice chancellor for institutional affairs at the University of Cambridge, told a Built Environment Networking event on ‘Cambridge General Development Plans 2014’ at the city’s Guildhall that more investment was needed in the city’s housing and […] Posted by: Adil Kotia Read more
Lance Taylor from RLB talks about why he wanted to be our first National Sponsors Apr 21, 2014 Listen to why Lance Taylor, Chief Executive of Rider Levett Bucknall wanted to be our first National Sponsor.. [cincopa A4CAtOLvsYIu] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
