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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Derby Growth Strategy
Derby City Council are consulting on their Preferred Growth Strategy. This will set out how many homes should be provided in Derby up to 2028, and on what sites. The Preferred Growth Strategy proposes 12,000 new homes for Derby up to 2028. A number of sites have been assessed and either included or not included for future housing. Have the City Council identified the right sites? Do you have a site that should be included in the Derby Preferred Growth Strategy? If you do get expert help from RTPI planners, email or call: 01282 872570 The Preferred Growth Strategy can be viewed here. The consultation closes on the 21st of December 2012. ©Kirkwells Town Planners and Sustainable Development … Continue reading
Amber Valley Growth Strategy
Amber Valley is consulting on a Preferred Growth Strategy as part of the area’s Core Strategy preparations. This consultation document concentrates on how much housing should be provided and where new large-scale growth should take place in Amber Valley up to 2028. Land for 9,000 new homes is needed including strategic sites at: An urban extension to the east of Alfreton at Outseats Farm An urban extension to the north of Heanor at Newlands/Taylor Lane Urban extensions to the east of Ripley at Nottingham Road, to the east of Codnor at Alfreton Road and to the south-east of Ripley at Coppice Farm Land at Denby currently identified for mixed-use development in the adopted Amber Valley Borough Local Plan The results of this consultation will … Continue reading
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South Tyneside Strategic Land Review – Call For Sites
South Tyneside Council is looking to prepare a new Local Plan. To kick off this development plan preparation process South Tyneside Council are undertaking a comprehensive Strategic Land Review (SLR) of the borough. All people interested in the future of South Tyneside, whether as landowners, agents, potential developers, community groups or individuals are being asked to put forward sites that they think should be considered for future development. These sites would help meet South Tyneside’s housing, employment, retail, leisure and recreational needs in either the short-term (1-5 years), medium-term (5-10 years) or long-term (10-20 years). Sites can be previously-developed ‘brownfield’ land or previously-undeveloped ‘greenfield’ in nature. Do you own or know of a site in South Tyneside suitable for … Continue reading
£10 Million For Neighbourhood Planning
The Government has created a £10 million fund to help local councils support parishes and neighbourhood groups to prepare neighbourhood plans. Councils can apply for up to £30,000 to facilitate local groups in the preparation of plans for their area. This funding will be released in two payments – £5,000 on designation of a neighbourhood planning area and up to £25,000 on the successful completion of an independent neighbourhood planning examination. This funding will allow over 300 neighbourhoods to pursue their neighbourhood plans. If you are one of these and you need expert help call 01282 872570. Or if you need to find out more about neighbourhood planning try our training and Neighbourhood Planning News. ©Kirkwells Town Planners and Sustainable … Continue reading
Government Continues Support for Small Scale Renewables
The Government have announced that businesses will still be able to get support for small scale renewable technologies. This commitment was made by Energy and Climate Change Minister, Greg Barker, as part of the Government’s Renewables Obligation (RO). Government had suggested it may exclude new small scale solar, anaerobic digestion, onshore wind and hydro power installations of between 50kW and 5MW from the RO from 1 April 2013. This would have meant that the RO would support renewables over 5MW, with Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) being aimed at those who invest in solar, small scale wind, anaerobic digestion and hydro power projects under 5MW in size. Following feedback from industry in recent months, DECC has decided to keep the option of … Continue reading