The government is to close 140 courts in England and Wales, raising the prospect of a £40m sell-off of town centre assets
The Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday that it would close 93 magistrates courts and 49 county courts across the country.
Of these, it owns 86 freehold and 13 leasehold …
Wirral Waters, Peel’s £4.5bn regeneration scheme in Merseyside, has been granted final planning approval by the secretary of state.
The 17m sq ft plan for the East Float site on the derelict docks in Birkenhead was approved by Wirral council’s planning committee last month. But it needed final approval by the …
Boris Johnson plans to create a Thames Gateway Strategic Partnership as one of a raft of new bodies set to be responsible for regeneration and public assets in London.
Speaking today at Property Week’s Thames Gateway Forum conference in Canary Wharf, the London mayor said that a new partnership of leaders …
Ownership of public assets should be transferred to community groups, think tank ResPublica has said
In a new reported, called To Buy, To Bid, To Build: Community Rights for an Asset Owning Democracy, it said that letting communities buy assets such as libraries, swimming pools and village halls would improve public …
Birmingham City Council has saved £3m in the last 12 months by vacating leasehold properties.
The council announced today that its Working for the Future programme had resulted in a number of buildings being vacated, creating savings on running costs and rent.
Staff have vacated city centre leased properties including Alpha Tower, …
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 …
Aberdeen City Council has agreed to set up a city development company into which it will transfer publicly-owned assets for redevelopment.
Last night, councillors on the enterprise, planning and infrastructure committee voted in favour of the project to create a development company called One Aberdeen, despite concerns from members of the …
The government is set to introduce a presumption in favour of viable development as part of its national planning framework, which is due to be published next year.
The rule will mean that, in areas lacking their own “neighbourhood plans” that have been put together by local communities, developments that are …
The government plans to introduce a bill next July that will allow local authorities to fund regeneration by borrowing against future business rate rises, using tax increment financing (TIF).
The Department for Communities and Local Government has today published a business plan setting out its policy objectives and its deadlines for …
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 …
