Latest News in East of England

Cadman takes over as EEDA chief

Deborah Cadman has taken over as the chief executive of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA).

Hanley Grange

Landowner quits Cambridgeshire eco-town

Plans for an eco-town near Cambridge have been thrown into doubt after one of the landowners pulled out of the scheme.

Eco-town proposal ups home numbers

Housing numbers proposed for the Hanley Grange eco-town in Cambridgeshire have rocketed from 8,000 to 12,800 on the last day of a 12-week consultation.

Planning Appeal Casebook

DC Casebook: Housing Conversion - Pub use retained on amenity grounds

The conversion of a Cambridgeshire village's former pub into a house has been rejected because it would cause an unacceptable reduction in the level of community services.

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 of England

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.