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Principle approval has been granted to a major redevelopment site in Maidenhead as part of a broader scheme to regenerate the town.
The scheme, located on the banks of Maidenhead waterways includes;
Throughout the last 10 years, the number of mega-basements approved in London reached 4,650, revealed a study by Newcastle University.
These basements include:
The depth of these basements combined reached an astonishing 50,000 ft.
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Works are to commence on a £35 million ‘landmark’ Salford building.
Representing Forshaw Land & Property Group, Salford City Council approved the proposals submitted by national planning and development consultancy Lichfields.
The development will comprise of 180 apartments, in a part-21, part-14 and part 11-storey building and will include:
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Developer Metropolitan’s £1.6 billion plans for over 2,500 new homes and community facilities at Clapham Park have been approved by the London Borough of Lambeth’s planning committee.
The revised plan for Clapham Park have been designed by architects at PRP.
Situated between Clapham, Brixton and Streatham Hill, the masterplans objective is to produce a;
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450,000 homes with planning permission are waiting to be built in England and Wales, per research conducted by the Local Government Association (LGA).
On behalf of the LGA, Glenigan, a construction data analysts conducted the research, (considering financial years 2015/16 and 2016/17.)
Data is acquired from Glenigan’s database of construction projects for the analysis.
A 16% increase in the backlog over the last year is implied in the data.
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To show the prospective of bringing together land, planning and housing data from different governments into one place, a new digital tool has been introduced.
Future Cities Catapult designed a sample model of the tool, commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government to;
The government have been called on by Lord Adonis and three business organizations to advance a on major infrastructure projects.
The projects include:
The chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission said at the Institute of Civil Engineers that Britain’s “historic weakness” has been to under-invest in infrastructure.
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£130 million arrivals building at London Stansted Airport has been granted planning permission by Uttlesford District Council.
To accommodate for the future spike in the number of passengers, architects Pascall & Watson have designed the 34,000 meters squared building.
It is anticipated to consist of three floors, and will be part of the Manchester Airports Group’s (MAG) multi-million-pound program to convert the airport.
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Local authorities and housing associations throughout England will receive portions of the £32 million Estate Regeneration Fund with the aim of accelerating thousands of homes being built.
Aiming to help schemes in the primary phase, roughly 105 estates will be aided from the £32 million.
Several estates in Milton Keynes will be receiving money, and in Birmingham, the money will be utilised with the aim of commencing conversation with the locals and communities about the Meadway regeneration.
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An outline planning application for 6,000 (30% affordable) new homes in Hampshire has been submitted by developers.
The scheme is planned to be at Welborne in an area of almost 1,000 acres, which is just north of Fareham and proposed by Buckland Development Limited.
The chairman for Buckland Development Ltd, Mark Thistlethwayte, said:
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