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Solar power industry's plan to rescue renewables

An emergency plan has been proposed by the solar power industry to save renewables. They claim it would only add an additional £1 on to consumer bills by 2019, this is on top of the £9 a year bill...

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Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust to be prosecuted by HSE

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have charged Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust after an investigation into the deaths of four elderly patients under its care.

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Planning permission granted for potash mine in North York Moors

North York Moors National Park Authority have issued their decision to grant formal planning permission for the York Potash Project to be constructed near Whitby.

The project comprises:

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Oil companies back global treaty on climate change

Leaders of 10 of the world's largest oil companies have stated their support for a new global treaty on climate change.

CEO's from eight of the companies met in Paris on Friday ah...

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Outline Approval for London's Biggest Development

The Planning Board of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has granted outline planning permission to Knight Dragon for a development worth £8.4 billion that includes 13,000 homes, two schools, and a tra...

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Navitus Bay Wind Farms Refused

A proposed wind farm near two designated areas of outstanding natural beauty and the Jurassic Coast in Dorset has been refused.

Navitus Bay Development Limited's application was for an...

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Plans Revealed For Taunton Regeneration

Regeneration specialists, St Modwen, have unveiled a new set of plans to regenerate a derelict market site in Taunton.

Firepool is a vital link in the chain of Taunton's wider regenera...

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Controversial Plans Revealed For Euston Station

HS2 has revealed controversial £2 billion plans to extend Euston station. The plans will see up to 11 new platforms built in a building to the west of the existing station. The plans also include i...

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Secretary of State Asked to Intervene Over Remodelling Plan

The Secretary of State has been asked to intervene on a permission granted for the £70m "remodelling" of a shopping centre in Milton Keynes, which will add some 100,000 squa...

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Plans for 130 Homes in Buckinghamshire Frozen By Communities Secretary

Communities secretary Greg Clark has stepped in to stop the approval of plans for 130 homes in Buckinghamshire.

Despite a conflict with the neighborhood plan, which did not allocate the sit...

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World Town Planning Day 2015

Professional planning organisations worldwide will be marking this year's World Town Planning Day with an online conference.

The event seeks to:

  • promote the aims, object...
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Maidenhead Regeneration Given Green Light

A £250m regeneration scheme for a key site in Maidenhead town centre was approved in a unanimous Council vote. The decision will see over 600,000 sq ft of new offices, retail and homes delivered in...

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Trip down memory lane

Fresh from announcing our latest product, Cedrec Planning, we've been thinking about how far we've come and rather coincidentally stumbled across a nostalgic press cutting from our archiv...

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Average FFI invoice rises 40% in three years

The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme has come under criticism as new figures have revealed the average cost of an invoice issued is...

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Safety neglect leads to big fine for Sussex company

East Sussex-based company Southern Piling Limited have been fined after the discovery it had been operating a powerful rig without a safety guard around the rotating auger.

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