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 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 legislative changes “to drive action at a strategic level which will provide certainty for both developers and the environment.” The changes “would establish a more efficient and effective way for... 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
Shared electric vehicle provider Lime has pledged to spend £20m on its... 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
The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) has... continue
The Government has awarded the West Midlands a single annual payment of £389m alongside the region’s existing £211m transport funding. The Integrated Settlement - the first to be awarded to an English region - will deliver a range of services and infrastructure projects that had... continue
A transport spending pledge of £4.7bn for the North of England and the Midlands made by the previous Government is to be reviewed by the DfT. The funding was intended to redeploy the funds that had initially been allocated to the northern leg of HS2, which was axed by Prime Minister Rishi... continue
Rather than being a hindrance to growth, Net zero is “the industrial opportunity of the 21st century, and Britain must lead the way”, insisted Rachel Reeves during her ‘kickstart’ speech. “There is no trade-off between economic growth and net zero,” she said. The... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has voiced her support for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing (LTC). The £10bn scheme would involve a 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames, 14.3 miles of new road connecting the M2/A2, A13 and M25 and around 50 new bridges and viaducts. The crossing would improve... continue
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