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Civil engineers have called on the government to form an independent public and private sector-backed planning board to support infrastructure delivery. The Institution of Civil Engineers' (ICE) annual State of [...]

At least pounds 89 billion is needed to deliver infrastructure in the South East, the regional assembly's planning committee heard this week. Chairwoman Moira Gibson said the assembly and the [...]

Infrastructure work for a 48ha sustainable development in Nottinghamshire is set to begin later this month. Land regeneration firm Cofton will prepare the Hucknall site for more than 820 homes [...]

A lack of infrastructure and stifling bureaucracy are rendering the high-profile redevelopment of Greater Manchester and the Thames Gateway unsustainable, a report warned this week. A study by Tim Dixon, [...]

Community care infrastructure is needed to tackle problems on rundown housing estates, the Social Exclusion Unit warned at the sustainable communities summit this week. Simply changing the physical environment will [...]

Government departments need to improve their track record on providing infrastructure for growth areas, says Chris Baker. Rumours about a growing rift been chancellor Gordon Brown and prime minister Tony [...]

An improved transport infrastructure, the creation of business clusters and a marketing campaign are key elements of the draft city growth strategy for St Helens, launched last week. The strategy, [...]

More than pounds 7 billion will be needed if Kent is to meet the challenges outlined in the government's sustainable communities plan, a report by Kent County Council has warned. [...]

JMP Consultants have been commissioned by Ringway Developments, on behalf of Manchester City Council, to develop a transport and infrastructure masterplan for the 60ha Roundthorn industrial estate at Wythenshawe, south [...]

Issues are presented concerning the ability of the French to implement and manage major infrastructure projects such as the network of high-speed railway lines and integrated transport systems. The management of planning is discussed.

Issues concerning managerial strategies applied in the case of the infrastructure of the outer London are discussed. Particular attention is given to plans to accommodate economic growth, increasing housing and industrial accommodation demands.

The use of planning gain has been criticised as undermining public confidence in the planning process, by the UK Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life. Planning gain occurs when building developers pay for improvements in infrastructure or to environmental aspects to help gain planning permission. Improvements do not always take place or are slow to be applied. The system could be made fairer by using legislation which makes it a legal requirement to pay for infrastructure improvements using planning conditions.