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DTZ welcomes planning staff's success despite credit crunch

DTZ has reported that its planning team is still doing well despite the impact that the credit crunch is having on its other business.

Bloomsbury study starts

Colin Buchanan is to conduct a consultation on improvement proposals for the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden.

Shop test low on impact

Critics complain that uncertainty over a competition test leaves them lacking essential detail on the full implications of the government's revised retail planning policy, explains Vicki Shiel.

Bell on ... top talents for transport

Ten years ago and two hours into my new job with the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) I was giving evidence before the Commons transport select committee, of which Gwyneth Dunwoody was the co-chair.

Legal report

Model conditions flag up planning remediation role

The adventurer returns

Globetrotting planning troubleshooter Paul Nichols is back home and relishing taking the helm at a regional arm of one of the UK's most high-profile consultancy operations, Ben Lee reports.