The Nine Elms South Bank regeneration area has been proposed for a £17m sustainable urban drainage project.
The project is intended to catch rainwater when it falls and transfer into the river Thames. The idea behind it is to considerably reduce the amount of clean rain water mixing with the sewage. The scheme is planned to be launched this summer.
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Ravenswood development is refused by the Communities Secretary on the foundation that it does not correspond with the national policy “to create inclusive and mixed communities…”
A proposal for 94 affordable flats and houses has been blocked by Communities Secretary Greg Clark, which was the opposite to what the inspector had suggested, leaving the council angry and confused.
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A review has been requested for the council report of Oxfords green belt inner boundaries which will be allowing strategic housing allocations.
A report has been released by Oxford City Council. The report is in favour of its housing need has has not reached expectation is dealt with through urban extension, this will be closest to the city and will include a loss of some existing green belt.
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Clark has agreed with the recommendations made by the inspector and has refused the two residential schemes.
Major residential schemes in Greg Clark Cheshire and Gloucestershire, which are subject to appeals, have been blocked by the Communities Secretary, Greg Clark. During the inquiries hosted by the inspector, Greg Clark agreed with both the recommendations made.
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This years UK Housing review has emphasised the figures from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). They have exposed that the government is investing a whopping £42bn in the private market.
However only £18bn will be invested into the affordable housing sector, that’s only 30% of the total investment being made on houses.
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“A 100,844 square metre storage and distribution centre with offices” is planned to be built in Leicestershire. This is planning to be built on the land connecting to the ‘Magna Park complex’, which is the largest distribution park in Europe.
This application is now up for a likely call in by the Secretary of State. It connects to land at Mere Lane (Bittesby).
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The Taunton Deane Borough Council has approved proposals for an urban extension in the area. The extension will be predominantly residential with potentially 2000 new houses, 25% of which will be affordable housing.
READ MORE“The scheme is in line with the planning authority’s approved Core Strategy.”
Images of the 40 million pound redevelopment in Hove have been released by the developer.
The 1930s King Alfred Centre in Hove is predicted to be redeveloped into 560 flats and £40 million leisure centre.
The 18-story block of flats and leisure centre are going to be replacing the current building once it is demolished.
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In Lydney, Gloucestershire, A recovery appeal including the framework permission for up to 200 new houses as advised by an inspector, was rejected by Greg Clark; The Communities Secretary.
Included in the scheme planned by Allaston Developments was up to 20 serviced self-build plots, 37 retirement flats, a community building and public open space.
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More than 400 objections by residents over 3 successive applications have plunged the town of Ingleby Barwick, Teeside into disarray over claims it is fit to bursting with houses already.
The area has faced three successive scheme proposals from two different developers, as residents feel their green boundaries are coming under constant attack.
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