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Salford opposes racecourse plan

Salford City planners have formally opposed plans for a new racecourse in the city.

EDAW announces promotions

EDAW has announced a string of promotions in Manchester and London.

Barratt fined over Stockport playground wrangle

Barratt Homes, through its parent company BDW Trading Ltd, has been fined £750 and ordered to pay costs for failing to install children's play areas at a development in Stockport.

Planning Appeal Casebook

DC Casebook: Retail Development - Green belt shelter secures approval

An open-sided extension to the rear of a garden centre in the Cheshire green belt has won support from an inspector who decided that the appellants had demonstrated the very special circumstances needed to overcome its inappropriate nature.

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Planning Student Quiz 2009

Planning Student Quiz 2009

Pit your wits against other teams in Planning Magazine's Student Quiz '09!

Resolving spatial strategy conflicts

Local authority planners' perception of a conflict in the parallel processes for setting development priorities is misplaced, Janice Morphet argues.

Northern Ireland: planning for the future

A more streamlined planning system aims to cut bureaucracy and involve politicians and the community in the process, explains Brian Sore.

Planning emissions cuts

Planners will play a key role in focusing political and technical attention on the scope for using low-energy technologies to significantly cut greenhouse gases, says Domenic Donatantonio.