The Government has ambitious plans for housebuilding. It wants to ramp up the number of new homes being delivered to 450,000 homes a year by 2029, with a goal... continue
The Chancellor has announced a new approach for the National Wealth Fund (NWF) and the Office for Investment (OfI) to work with local leaders to build pipelines of incoming investment and projects linked to regional growth priorities. This includes the NWF trialling Strategic Partnerships in... continue
The Department for Transport posted a short three-page Government policy statement on airport development following the Chancellor’s announcement of her support to expansion plans for the sector, including the claimed role of aviation in growth. It says: “Air connectivity plays a vital... continue
The transport spending pledge of £4.7bn for the North of England and the Midlands made by the previous Government appears to be being reviewed by the DfT. The ‘Network North’ funding was intended to redeploy the funds that had initially been allocated to the northern leg of HS2,... continue
A working paper has been published by the Treasury setting out the government’s approach to creating its plan for a 10 Year National Infrastructure Strategy, due to be published in june. This will be focussed on infrastructure’s role in enabling resilient growth, delivering clean... continue
The Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister have stepped up their moves to drive economic growth by changes to the planning system with measures set out in a working paper from the Treasury on Streamlining Infrastructure Planning on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, ahead of... continue
The Government has tabled measures to ‘unblock much- needed infrastructure projects’, including limiting opportunities to challenge them in the courts and allowing developers to pay into a pool to mitigate environmental damage, rather than being responsible for the specific effects of... continue
The Government intends to use the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to introduce... continue
The Government has launched a consultation on a new strategic approach to managing Land Use in England, saying it will empower decision makers with the toolkit to protect the most productive agricultural land and boost food security. But it mixes that objective with the government’s wider... continue
Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the consultation was “the start of a national conversation to transform how we use land in this country. It’s time for policy to leave the chambers of Westminster and reflect the actual lived experiences of farmers, landowners and planners on the... continue
Regions and elected mayors need a bigger role in railways because rail is not isolated from their agendas on subjects such as housing and economic growth, Shadow Great British Railways Chair Laura Shoaf has told the House of Commons Transport Committee. The Labour Government is committed to deeper... continue
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough looks set to become the latest devolved region... continue
A new project is to explore how linking health records and road traffic collision data could help reduce road deaths. The DfT and Road Safety Trust have awarded £500,000 to TRL and University Hospital Southampton for the Data Sustains Life project. It will collate a range of data over... continue
A new release of police recorded collision statistics for Wales, covering July to September 2024, shows the lowest number of collisions on Welsh roads in that quarter since records began. They were lower even than during the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of casualties on roads with 20mph and... continue
A lack of leadership has meant the Scottish Government has made minimal progress towards its climate change goal of reducing car use, states a new report by Audit Scotland. It pointed to the Scottish Government’s pledge in 2020 to reduce car kilometres driven by 20% by 2030. “However,... continue
The expansion of the ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) to cover Greater London has impacted on how much people are spending on high streets in the capital, according to Centre for Cities. The think tank used credit card transaction data set, provided by Fable Data, to analyse spending patterns in the... continue
The DfT is to give East Midlands nearly £200m for transport projects across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Nottinghamshire for 2025/26. Funding for East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) will come from a range of sources including an extra £66m specifically for Mayoral... continue
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