Drivers Jonas Deloitte has been appointed project manager for four London 2012 temporary venues.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has appointed Drivers Jonas Deloitte to manage Greenwich Park, the equestrian events and modern pentathlon venue, Horses Guards Parade where beach volleyball will be hosted, The Mall, which …

The national secretariat of UK regional development agencies has revealed a list of more than 500 RDA assets that are due to be sold by Communities and Local Government.
Assets up for sale include science parks, brownfield land and a greyhound stadium in Portsmouth. This document lists all the addresses of …

Glasgow City Council has today started a body to stimulate private sector growth and has recruited former council regeneration director Steve Inch to lead its infrastructure work.
The council has recruited a panel of private and public sector business and economic development leaders to run the commission, which will look …

A planning application has been submitted for the regeneration of Hammersmith town centre, including demolition of the council’s Town Hall extension.
Following three years of public consultation, the application has been submitted to the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham for the regeneration of the western end of King Street in …

The government’s regional growth fund will fail to support regeneration given the scale of public spending cuts, the chief executive of Centre for Cities has said.
Alexandra Jones, head of policy research group Centre for Cities, said at today’s Public Property Summit in London that the £1.4bn regional growth fund was …

Local authorities need to be realistic about what their region can support if they want to attract retail development, a conference in London has heard.
Speakers in a session on retail at the Public Property Summit, run by PublicPropertyUK.com and Property Week, said that there was a gap between what the …

The £4.5bn regeneration of Brent Cross and Cricklewood has been given final planning consent by Barnet council after 10 years of preparation.
Hammerson is set to develop the north-west London scheme with investment from Standard Life, covering 250 acres over the next 20 years.
The consent includes section 106 payments of around …

What it is: The government has set out its plan for growth in the UK regions in the absence of regional development agencies, which are due to be closed down by 2012.
When it came out: 28 October 2010
Why it is important: It sets out changes to the planning system, more …

England’s regional development agencies have lost 424  staff in total since the general election in May, Public Property UK can reveal.
The bodies, which are due to be abolished by April 2012 and employ around 2,500 staff, have recently finished a first wave of voluntary redundancies and are set to cut …

The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority has begun the search for a developer to lead the redevelopment of a 126 acre leisure complex in Edmonton, London.
The body wants a leisure developer to propose an “innovative” masterplan for the  redevelopment of the Lee Valley Leisure Centre site. It is currently the …