The government’s draft National Policy Statement (NPS) on energy is a failure for not spelling where infrastructure should be built or when, according to the Royal Town Planning Institute.
The professional body that represents 22,000 planners in the UK  issued a highly critical response to the government’s consultation on the draft …

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s £1.6bn overseas estate is wasting space and money due to weak management, according to the National Audit Office.
Today, the NAO published a report which criticises the FCO’s estates strategy for being thin on detailed property data and allowing total spend on projects since 2002 to …

The government is to unveil a “strategic approach” to attracting more private infrastructure investment in April’s Budget, Treasury minister Ian Pearson has revealed.
Pearson, who was speaking at the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) Infrastructure Funding Summit in London yesterday, said new private funding sources would be important to the £200bn …

Ealing Borough Council is to jointly outsource its property services to EC Harris and Cushman & Wakefield under a five-year contract.
The £3m-a-year agreement, which was confirmed last week, is due to close on Monday.
Cushman & Wakefield will be responsible for estates management and valuations, while EC Harris will be charged …