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Numbers of high street banks have continued to decline over recent years as customers increasingly utilise online or mobile banking...

It is rare to see an article or opinion piece discussing the dire state of UK retail that doesn't at some point lay some of the blame for...

The office to residential permitted development (PD) run feels on borrowed time, at least in its current guise. A growing sense of...

It’s undeniable that technological innovations such as barcodes, commercially used for the first time on a chewing gum package back in...

The technology behind digital screens that have "stealth technology" is not new.  It was first introduced to me approximately 6...

Anyone involved within the planning system will be acutely aware of the delays that can occur, not only throughout the pre-application...

Striking the balance between the preservation of heritage assets and the provision of new housing is a perennial planning issue for...

One criticism often levelled at the UK business rates system, is that it represents one of the highest direct property taxes in the...

As many of us strive towards cooperative models of regeneration, it seems a sensible time to challenge a number of delivery conventions,...

Following the decision earlier this month by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority to grant Wing approval to launch a home...

Yes, but the hope with formalising the process of primary care giving (by bringing GPs and associated services together) is to combine...

We recently attended Bisnow's London Retail event where our Head of Planning, Julian Stephenson, was in discussion with Jaap Tonckens,...

Similar to the businesses referenced in this article, two weeks ago Green Options successfully opened their plastic free retail store in...

“Department stores are dead” all of us have heard this sentence during the last months/ years.

I am not necessarily in line with this...

Westminster City Council have made an Article 4 Direction to remove Permitted Development Rights (PDR) for office to residential...

It’s interesting for several reasons to learn about Invesco becoming New River REITs largest shareholder, but in particular it’s...

Examples like Altrincham, Stockton and, in this article, Chorlton, illustrate a number of emerging truths:

• The High Street isn’t dead

•...

Earlier this month, the Twentieth Century Society posted a news item celebrating the most recent listing of a Post Modern office complex...

Barely 24hrs after what was not my first missive on the state of UK retail (and what is unlikely to be my last), a chink of light and a...

Tony Soprano's rehash of this classic Mark Twain wisdom (see quote below) always feels more pertinent in times of uncertainty. No less...

Meanwhile as the government cracks down on non-institutional landlords, this increasingly well rehearsed method of underpinning Council...

As the article suggests, co-ordination is an important factor. We regularly discuss with clients to engage early with their local...

Increasingly it seems one can hardly open a newspaper without landing upon some news flash or comment piece about the current state of...

As we enter a new era for public engagement in regeneration, will such ‘planning’ tools also help demystify what it means to buy into (or...

EGI has today reported a significant decrease (by 61%) in the number of planning applications for ‘new build’ supermarkets. The square...