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Bid for funding to improve bus travel

A bid for £15 million of funding to improve bus travel by cutting delays in Tyne and Wear has been submitted to the government by passenger transport executive Nexus.

Sunderland 'stadium village' plans unveiled

Sunderland 'stadium village' plans unveiled

A draft development framework outlining plans for a 'stadium village' surrounding Sunderland's premiership stadium has been unveiled.

Plans for North East design hub revealed

Plans for North East design hub revealed

Plans for a £13m Design Centre North at the Baltic Business Quarter in Gateshead have been unveiled.

Planning Appeal Casebook

DC Casebook: Mixed Use Development - Hospital scheme benefits held overriding

The secretary of state has decided that permission should be given to develop almost 52ha of land at a former hospital in Lancashire after recovering an appeal for her own determination.

In Depth

Skill push gains impetus

Ministers have recognised the need to plug the skills gap in response to a select committee report but still have some way to go to sell planning as a career, Domenic Donatantonio finds.

Legal Report - Claimants struggle with meaning of promptness

Last October's Court of Appeal ruling in Finn-Kelcey v Milton Keynes Council and MK Windfarm Ltd [2008] has reopened the old chestnut of the time limit for issuing judicial review proceedings.

Transport pace-setter

MVA Consultancy chief executive Nigel Ash believes that the transport planning sector will continue to thrive and his firm expand despite the worldwide slowdown, Vicki Shiel reports.

Rocks and hard places

Despite the current downturn, economic resilience and job creation can still be pursued without setting aside vital planning objectives for sustainable development, Liane Hartley argues.