Latest News in Northern Ireland

Heritage Fund announces £15m awards

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £15.6m to a range of heritage projects across the UK.

Planning Magazine 2009 features list

The Planning Magazine 2009 features list is now available.

Fast consent path trialled

The Northern Ireland Government wants all 26 councils in the province to join a scheme to speed up the planning process by the spring after the success of a pilot project.

Planning Appeal Casebook

Ancillary retail allowed at trade park

An inspector has quashed enforcement notices directed against the sale of goods to the public from four units at a trading park in Hampshire but refused to allow a fifth because of the potential impact on a town centre.

In Depth

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.