It was great to hear that MDDC’s Cabinet voted 6:0 in favour of progressing its Local Plan through to Examination in Public, at a special meeting on Friday 9 February. The purpose of the meeting had been to hear from Jenny Clifford, the Council’s Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration, about the findings of a…
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We are excited to be working with LaSalle Investment Managers on a retail extension project in Elmbridge, Surrey. The proposal will extend the popular Brooklands Shopping Centre, currently home to M&S and Tesco, and create three new retail units, one of which will be taken by M&S, enabling it to expand its range and relocate…
The South West region performed well in the latest round of funding for infrastructure improvements to unlock housing developments – announced today. Particular congratulations to Councils in the areas we’re currently involved with: Mid Devon District Council for securing £18.2m for infrastructure improvements at Tiverton’s Eastern Urban Extension, and for Junction 28 of the M5…
Poor us: this was our terrible commute to a meeting today, with the Duchy of Cornwall in Princetown. Dartmoor gave us a sample of all four seasons as we drove, but was simply stunning in them all. We passed about four cars after leaving the highway, but hundreds of sheep and ponies. Love the West…
A big congratulations to all the teens that took part in mock career interviews at Haygrove School on Monday – what a motivated bunch. Lucie was really pleased to support the event at her local high school, interviewing and advising teens interested in careers in business. It was very exciting to hear their plans for…
Residents and parents of Hunts Grove Primary Academy were invited to attend our exhibition of designs for the new school at Hunts Grove on Tuesday 28th November. The two form entry primary school will be built by our client Crest Nicholson and will be a key part of the growing garden community at Hunts Grove…
It was really good to be able to attend a small briefing by Karime Hassan, Chief Executive of Exeter City Council, today, to hear first hand about the draft HoSW LEP’s Productivity Strategy. The focus of this meeting, which was consulting those in the Greater Exeter area, was on how to ensure that the economy…
We were lucky enough to attend the fun and popular ‘Farmwise’ event this year. Now in its fifth year, this is an initiative supported by Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA) and Devon County Council to connect children to their sources of food. Some 1700 primary school children visited throughout the day, and had a wide…
We’ve long touted the vision of an ‘Innovation Corridor’ through the South West, that runs from the marine specialism flourishing around the Tamar through the applied environmental science and IT expertise around Exeter, to the medical and nuclear engineering expertise hubs emerging in Somerset. Wherever we can, through our various committees and client projects, we…
We spent the day listening to a very impressive line-up of speakers at Somerset Wildlife Trust’s conference to discuss the future of Taunton in light of its new Garden Town status. These included Professor Chris Baines, one of the UK’s leading environmental communicators whose experience ranges from greening deserts in the Middle East to advising on…
Seaxburh 2017