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John Brookes, CgMS

Planning: Project Vauxhall is the driving force in Kennington

23 June 00

Although Ken Livingstone has questioned the expense of the London Assembly’s new home on the South Bank, the piling work on-site is now under way following the granting of planning permission in January 2000. The Assembly building is one of a number of new buildings that are to be constructed…

Planning: Saga approaching conclusion

26 November 99

The ongoing planning saga of the Northern Development Area, a large area of former greenbelt land to the north-west of Newcastle, may be resolved by the middle of next year. The proposal involves the construction of 2,500 houses, plus business, industrial and community uses. A second planning application has recently…