Business News

DBK secures Leicester contract

Construction, property and development consultancy DBK has been chosen to provide project management, quantity surveying and utility planning services to the University of Leicester for a four-year period.

Land Use Consultants appointed

Land Use Consultants (LUC) has been appointed to provide planning support for Natural England's regional teams under framework contracts over the next three years.

Area orders land checks

Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP) has been appointed by the East Midlands Development Agency to review its employment land evidence base against PPS4.

Pressing for partnership

A parliamentary group says the next government should put planning reform on hold after its first year in power and take steps to minimise developers' planning bills, Jonathan Tilley finds.

Legal Report - Opposition ideas offer no quick fix on planning woe

The Conservatives' planning green paper, proposing a "radical reboot" of the system, has triggered responses which have been at best neutral and at worst vehemently critical.

Urban quality evaluator

Ben van Bruggen's record puts him in a strong position to advise Savills' clients on ways to secure design excellence at a crucial stage in planning major projects.

Country's Lifeblood

The government's rural champion is determined to tackle the deficiencies in housing, transport and technology that force young people out of rural communities.