UK Government intervenes to send team to sort out ‘dysfunctional’ Liverpool City Council
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UK Government intervenes to send team to sort out ‘dysfunctional’ Liverpool City Council
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Tuesday 30 March 2021
UK Government intervenes to send team to sort out ‘dysfunctional’ Liverpool City Council
Monday 16 April 2018
A former toilet block overlooking Aysgarth Falls has a price tag of £8,000
Friday 13 April 2018
Reversal of 2015 Tory manifesto pledge comes after fears it would increase youth homelessness
Thursday 12 April 2018
The council’s new refuse truck design with the catchy strapline – ‘Watch Your Wasteline’, is part of the Council’s efforts to reduce the amount of waste in Havering.
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Converted public toilet goes back on the market after a year with seller asking for 16% more
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Planning Minister Greg Clark sets out the aims and objectives of the Government's reforms of the planning policy framework
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Watership Down site 'under threat from housing' and its not just the rabbits that aren't happy about it.
Friday 06 April 2018
Six tips to impress buyers with your property
Wednesday 04 April 2018
Mayor plans to build more than 250,000 new homes in capital’s 13 outer suburbs, more than double the current rate, suburbs are braced for a wave of construction.
Wednesday 04 April 2018
Shares in Britain’s largest estate agent tumble after steep fall in earnings and dividend cuts as countrywide goes back to basics
Wednesday 04 April 2018
Extending homes upwards could be done without planning permission under Theresa May's new laws
Wednesday 04 April 2018
Appeal court ruling could halve the cost of extending leases or buying freeholds for 2.1m households in England and Wales
Tuesday 03 April 2018
Theresa May is unveiling proposals to get more properties built and "restore the dream of home ownership" to millions.
Monday 02 April 2018
Havering Council has stamped out large-scale fly-tipping in the borough’s most notorious hotspots for organised rubbish dumpers.
Thursday 29 March 2018
The chairman of the National Trust warned that the new National Planning Policy Framework will lengthen planning decisions as developers and campaigners launch appeals.
Wednesday 28 March 2018
Thousands of young homebuyers remain trapped in virtually brand-new homes
Tuesday 27 March 2018
After 20 years of decline, this extraordinary network of stunning inter-connecting spaces
Monday 26 March 2018
Ron Ryall renovated a house that has been in his family for decades but has now been told he must be out by July
Thursday 22 March 2018
Dozen of planes near central London station to be felled in preparation for high-speed rail link development
Tuesday 20 March 2018
How residents led by David Attenborough's nephew fought DJ Jamie Theakston's scheme to build a four-bedroom house in his garden
Friday 16 March 2018
Cash-strapped councils in England now have legal duty to assist all eligible homeless citizens
Thursday 15 March 2018
Should I wait to extend my flat's lease in case new government rules make it cheaper?
Wednesday 14 March 2018
During the Second World War roughly a quarter of the housing in West Ham was destroyed by Nazi bombing raids.
Monday 12 March 2018
A brand new 'river park' could run all the way from Manchester city centre to Heaton Park
Friday 09 March 2018
'Nimby' councils which fail to build enough new homes will lose planning powers
Wednesday 07 March 2018
Campaigners hail move to boost planning protection for ancient woods
Tuesday 06 March 2018
Councils say so-called 'Trojan' telephone boxes are serving as advertising boards - not as places to make phone calls.
Wednesday 28 February 2018
Two-storey 'shoebox' wooden house that started life as a BIKE SHED
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Introducing Article 4 Directions
Friday 16 February 2018
However, critics immediately branded the plan a “land grab” for every inch of garden in the capital
Thursday 15 February 2018
Residents slam 14-storey green tower as 'not at all in keeping with the area'
Tuesday 13 February 2018
Planning Inspector said the travelers the right to stay for a three-year temporary period as they have 'very special circumstances'.
Friday 09 February 2018
Manchester city centre could get a new public park near Piccadilly station for the first time in 100 years
Tuesday 06 February 2018
More than 26,000 luxury flats priced at more than £1m each
Thursday 01 February 2018
If you’re reading this on the train, rolling out of the capital on the way back to Kent or Essex after another hard day at the coalface, give yourself a pat on the back.
Wednesday 31 January 2018
Model-turned-businesswoman Caprice has hit out at neighbours in Notting Hill for trying to stop a restaurant building an outside terrace.
Monday 29 January 2018
Canals played a major role in establishing Manchester
Thursday 25 January 2018
Oldham council is sick and tired of having to clean up waste that has been dumped by irresponsible people.
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Church bells to be protected in planning rules from noise complaints
Friday 19 January 2018
Years of planning and delays - is the £290m Manchester Airport bypass a road to nowhere?
Tuesday 16 January 2018
The upgrade is costing over £600 million and expected to be finished in 2022.
Friday 05 January 2018
Architecture that works with water, rising with floods and sitting upon unused city space, may be the future of urban planning, say these innovative designers.
Thursday 04 January 2018
A 'narcissistic' judge who admitted faking letters from the public to support his own planning applications has avoided jail
Tuesday 02 January 2018
The 14th century pub is located on Underbanks in Stockport town centre.
Monday 11 December 2017
Plans for a development featuring restaurants, a hotel and either a cinema or trampoline centre at Northampton's Greyfriars site have been scrapped.
Tuesday 05 December 2017
Shhh! Trappists are set to make British beer after the silent monks are granted permission to convert a 19th-century Cistercian monastery into a brewery.
Friday 01 December 2017
V&A acquires segment of Robin Hood Gardens council estate that is venerated and despised in almost equal measures has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Thursday 30 November 2017
First-time buyers with a job are being offered the chance to get on the property ladder.
Wednesday 29 November 2017
Britain's obsession with home ownership is putting people's pension savings at risk to the tune of 15% a year.
Monday 27 November 2017
Developers swallow up more beauty spots: Planning loophole allows builders to target areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Friday 24 November 2017
New pressure on bin collections over shock fly-tipping figures. Critics are calling for the Government to do more to bring offenders to justice over Britain's fly-tipping "epidemic".
Monday 20 November 2017
The creation of 139 “quirky” new student homes has been approved for land at City Road in Cardiff’s Roath suburb despite concerns about the design.
Thursday 16 November 2017
The risks of buying a leasehold property: How lease length, maintenance bills and ground rents can sting buyers - and watch out if you want to extend.
Tuesday 14 November 2017
Barry Island Pleasure Park's owner Henry Danter said Vale of Glamorgan council told him it does not comply with planning regulations as it is too high.
Monday 13 November 2017
Here at 4dplanning we assist you by taking the stress out of all the administrative side allowing you to focus on your project itself.
Thursday 09 November 2017
About half a mile of the street from Oxford Circus to Orchard Street could become a "traffic-free pedestrian boulevard.
Tuesday 07 November 2017
Wandsworth has long been a popular choice for families and affluent young professionals.
Friday 20 October 2017
Average house prices in 90% of council wards in Wales are lower than 10 years ago.
Thursday 19 October 2017
Public spaces owned by private companies are quietly spreading through London.
Wednesday 18 October 2017
Savings would be made by reducing levels of littering and lowering charges from sending waste to landfill sites.
Tuesday 17 October 2017
There are more than a dozen development projects underway on Paddington’s canal and Paddington Basin, at the intersection of Regent’s and Grand Junction canals in the west of the city.
Friday 13 October 2017
As well as later opening hours, this vision also plans to make London safer with the help from Night Czar Amy Lamé and Chair of Night Time Commission Philip Kolvin QC.
Tuesday 10 October 2017
It's a planning matter, right? Well, no. Amenity is indeed a planning consideration, but formal 'rights to light' is something different.
Friday 06 October 2017
Behind the facade of this rather ordinary-looking bungalow lurks a surprise - the heart of this house is formed of two Victorian-era train carriages.
Wednesday 04 October 2017
A couple who disguised a house as a garage and lived in it for four years have been ordered to tear it down.
Tuesday 03 October 2017
Mansion whose mega-basement is the centre of one of Britians biggest rows goes on the market for £25m - Complete with a 30ft hole in the garden.
Monday 02 October 2017
David and Victoria reveal plans for two-tier 'fortress' garden with TWENTY THREE types of trees.
Friday 29 September 2017
Whether you need to apply for approval depends on what kind of work you are doing to the staircase.
Tuesday 19 September 2017
An “architectural intervention” by British artist Conrad Shawcross has arrived on the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London, bringing a jagged 49-metre slice of perforated aluminium to London’s skyline.
Friday 15 September 2017
An informal public consultation exercise with the local community will be launched next month, which will help shape a planning application and statutory public consultation next year.
Thursday 14 September 2017
The Undercroft is used by skateboarders, BMXers, graffiti writers, street artists, filmmakers, photographers and more.
Friday 08 September 2017
A new development in Old Street has unveiled a 150-metre rooftop running track on top of a 16-storey office tower.
Tuesday 29 August 2017
A New Zealand activist who has unlawfully painted yellow line parking restrictions outside his house.
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Sadiq Khan today put Londoners on three-month notice that the T-charge is coming in for the most polluting vehicles to drive into the city centre.
Friday 18 August 2017
The plans are for land outside of designated green belt and is an allocated site within the recently adopted local plan.
Thursday 17 August 2017
At noon on Monday, August 21, Big Ben will sound for the last time until 2021.
Friday 11 August 2017
Blues Brothers allowed to stay in Bedford conservation area although there is no historic association with Bedrford 'there should always be some place for the unexpected’.
Thursday 10 August 2017
An inspector has granted permission for a modular Timpson’s ‘pod’ in a Sainsbury’s car park despite its proximity to Spalding town centre, ruling that its small scale
Wednesday 09 August 2017
Llocal authority planners across England are reminded of the important role the planning system has in counter-terrorism and crime prevention.
Friday 04 August 2017
Here’s all you need to know about the Mayor’s new plans to provide more affordable homes.
Wednesday 02 August 2017
The inspector recommended that the appeal be dismissed and planning permission refused.
Friday 28 July 2017
London’s newest neighbourhood, where 1,600 acres will be transformed.
Thursday 27 July 2017
Britain's best building of 2017 include museums, a college, family home and a pier.
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Sci-Tech Daresbury generates over £19m
Friday 21 July 2017
Javid allows 500 homes despite proposals' conflict with parish plans
Wednesday 19 July 2017
A new report says the falling birth rate could lead to a 'demographic time bomb' It urges ministers to cut red tape and allow more housebuilding on green belts.
Monday 17 July 2017
Congestion and repair upgrade and the proposed creation of a major road network.
Friday 14 July 2017
Part of a historic Grade II-listed building in Liverpools Ropewalks district could be transformed into a restaurant under new plans.
Thursday 13 July 2017
Application Granted
Friday 07 July 2017
EMS Group announces £3.4m investment into new Ellesmere Port HQ
Thursday 06 July 2017
Uncertain future for capitals green spaces. Limited funds have left Londons parks and green spaces facing an uncertain future.
Thursday 29 June 2017
More than four million people live in leasehold properties in England, giving them the legal right to occupy and use the property for a set period - usually 99 to 999 years.
Thursday 15 June 2017
New £1 billion town centre at Thamesmead to bring 20,000 riverside homes with Crossrail connections.
Friday 12 May 2017
The £260 million regeneration of Anfield in Liverpool is continuing with the installation of new LED lighting in the area.
Monday 08 May 2017
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched London’s first ever 24-hour vision which will turn London into a 24-hour global city, competing with the likes of Berlin, Tokyo and New York.
Thursday 04 May 2017
The number of children suffering from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning is increasing, according to a new report.
Wednesday 03 May 2017
First and foremost it keeps the building weatherproof and prevents seepage of rainwater into interior areas.
Friday 28 April 2017
The owner of the Exact and Precise mortgage brands will announce plans to float within days.
Thursday 20 April 2017
Wimbledon home undergoing two-storey extension with a new basement completely COLLAPSES overnight while its owners are away
Tuesday 18 April 2017
Fury over £250million plans to BULLDOZE a Victorian seaside hotel to turn millionaire’s resort of Sandbanks into 'Britain’s Palm Beach' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4432228/Fury-250m-plans-BULLDOZE-Victorian-seaside-hotels.html
Friday 14 April 2017
Plans suggests the current centre – built in 1976 as the UK’s first out-of-town indoor shopping centre
Thursday 13 April 2017
A couple are acused of Hoodwinking the planning chiefs after winning permission to build Eco house then outting it on the markets days later for £700,000
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