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Plans submitted to build on former piggery

Plans for a new housing development on the site of a former piggery on the outskirts of  Oswestry have been submitted to Shropshire Council. The...

Construction of bypass awarded to Balfour Beatty

Construction company, Balfour Beatty, has been awarded the £44m contract to widen the A1 Western Bypass around Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Highways Agency contract to widen the...

Kier awarded A&E building contract

The construction company has been awarded the contract to build a new emergency department at New Cross Hospital on behalf of the Royal Wolverhampton...

The housing crisis requires ‘tough decisions’

Business Secretary, Vince Cable said more houses need to be built, even if it means using green belt. With housing inflation reaching 'dangerous levels', Vince...

Retrofitting to the Next Level

Solid walled properties make up almost 30% of Britain’s housing stock and with many of these dwellings built long before limiting CO2 emissions became...

Flood mitigation project set out

Bath & North East Somerset Council and the Environment Agency are working together on a major infrastructure project which will provide flood defences for...

£168m pothole repair fund available for councils

Councils are being invited to bid for a share of a £168m Pothole Fund to repair local roads, making them safer and smoother for motorists, cyclists and other road users

Part M – a duty to equality

Huw Evans, author of the ‘Guide to the Building Regulations’ examines whether the Approved Document M (AD M) is enough to comply with The...

Certifying the assessors

SSAIB Chief Executive Geoff Tate describes the BAFE SP205 UKAS-accredited certification scheme’s aims, what it involves and the benefits to customers and certificated service...

A devolution of Building Regulations

Andy Thomas, Building Regulations Manager covering Wales, examines the changes to Part L and the differences between the English and Welsh versions. With the transfer...

NPPF – a failure to protect our ‘green lung’?

Paul Miner, Senior Planning Officer at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) highlights the findings of a recent report that shows planning reforms...

NPPF: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – part 2

Suzan Yildiz, Head of Planning at Olswang LLP considers the emerging case law on the proper interpretation of key housing policies in a decision...

Support for local developers and new home buyers

As developers face the ongoing challenges of the property market it is obvious that many will be looking for support, not only in land...

Introduction – Planning and Building Control Today

Welcome to the April 2014 edition of Adjacent Planning and Building Control Today. It’s been a busy few months with some headline-making events for the...

Councils could build 10,000 affordable homes

New borrowing powers will enable councils to build up to 10,000 affordable homes, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny...

MPs launch inquiry into NPPF

The Communities and Local Government Committee today launches an inquiry into the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework. The inquiry follows research findings, published...

Training for safety

Callsafe Services Limited has been providing health and safety advice, assistance and training to our clients, and our clients’ projects, since 1987. Our clients...

A good week for the construction Industry

Rob Oliver, Chief Executive, CEA (Construction Equipment Association) talks about the recent Budget and how it affects the construction equipment sector. In his HS2 Plus...

Government announce plans to raise housing standards

Government plans will make it easier and cheaper to build homes to high standard. Currently house builders face a myriad of different standards to implement...

Stoke-on-Trent’s HS2 vision

Local government leaders in Stoke-on-Trent say that the transformational growth potential of the city’s HS2 proposals will play a major role in filling the...

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