Latest News in East Midlands

Mixed response to East Midlands recommendations

The CPRE has given a mixed response to recommendations in the government's Proposed Changes to the East Midlands Regional Plan.

Government launches regional house building consultations

Consultations on increases in house building totals in the East Midlands and South West have been launched by the government after its review of the two region's spatial strategies.

Coventry Airport takes expansion battle to High Court

A legal battle over the future of Coventry Airport has moved to London's High Court.

Planning Appeal Casebook

Casebook: Housing new build - School retained as townscape asset

A proposal to redevelop a former private school in a Derbyshire town with a block of 15 dwellings has been rejected after an inspector found that it makes an important contribution to the area.

In Depth

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.

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Policy in East Midlands

Opinion

Anthony Fyson

Anthony
Fyson

Fyson on ... the Planning Convention's growing range of influence in the professional and political sphere

It must give the RTPI considerable satisfaction that its Planning Convention is firmly established as...

Huw Morris

Huw
Morris

Forward-looking region knows true value of public sector staff

They do things differently in the North West.