View in web browser Add to safe senders list Retail & Town Centres Bulletin 30th November 2023

A weekly email of the latest retail and town centres news, in-depth coverage, key planning decisions & appeals, policy & legislation updates.   Latest Retail & Town Centres News M&S given leave to progress judicial review of Gove’s refusal of flagship Oxford Street store revamp Retail giant Marks & Spencer has been given permission by the High Court to progress its judicial review of levelling up secretary Michael Gove’s controversial decision to block plans for the demolition and rebuilding of its flagship Oxford Street store. MPs to investigate effects of planning policies on children's ‘health and well-being’ MPs on the Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (LUHC) Committee are to investigate how planning and urban design can help children and young people. 1,300-home mixed-use tower scheme approved in west London A development corporation has resolved to approve plans for a 1,300-home mixed-use scheme featuring a series of towers rising up to 55 storeys, after planning officers advised that, despite some "adverse" daylight and sunlight impacts, the “quality of residential accommodation would meet or exceed the design standards in the London Plan”. Gove won't call in 850-home shopping centre redevelopment plan after council u-turn Ministers have decided not to “call in” a controversial plan to demolish a shopping centre for 850 flats, even though permission had been granted just five weeks after being refused.   More Retail & Town Centres News 'Eleventh-hour listing scuppers city's regeneration projects' Huge dockside commercial scheme wins detailed approval in London’s Canada Water Seven key take-aways from a roundtable on regeneration and development in Liverpool Councils have accumulated £2.8 billion in unspent section 106 contributions, housebuilders claim   Retail Casebook Appeal Summaries Business leaders call for infrastructure boost Rural petrol filling station shop exempt from retail sequential test Adult gaming centre judged to benefit iconic city centre shopping street Tall building harms city centre character and fails to deliver good public realm Green belt farm shop succeeds in light of new enforcement case law More Casebook appeal summaries   Strategic Planning For Retail 'Crooked House case demonstrates need to bolster local planning system' Councils say funding not public opposition is principal barrier to adoption of 15-minute city idea Best use of publicly-owned land and/or property in placemaking Award for planning to address climate change More strategic planning   Latest Town Planning Jobs Senior Development Management Officer , West Lindsey District Council Band 9 £32,234 - £33,782 per annum + Essential Car User allowance, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Applications Team Leader, Grade 16 , London Borough of Croydon £51,837 - £53,928, Croydon (London Borough), London (Greater) Team Leader Enforcement and Trees - Grade 15 , London Borough of Croydon £46, 839 - £48,819, Croydon (London Borough), London (Greater) Deputy Team Leader – Planning Applications , Ashford Borough Council £35,865 pa to £46,701 pa depending on skills and experience, Ashford, Kent Team Leader - Plan Making and Infrastructure – Spatial Planning , Ashford Borough Council £49,290 to £53,283 pa, Ashford, Kent Search more jobs     Retail Policy & Legislation How proposed tweaks to the commercial-to-residential permitted development right would impact councils’ ability to plan for town centres Class MA commercial-to-residential PD right to be rolled out to national parks and AONBs Why proposed new permitted development rights could speed up the loss of pubs Class E Permitted Development Rights - consultation Government intends to further ease conversion of farm buildings, says Sunak More policy & legislation   Manage Bulletins Unsubscribe Privacy Notice