Louise Leyland, associate at PWA Planning, looks at the issue of energy storage planning and how the sector might develop in 2019.
After a series of false dawns, 2018 was the year where the energy storage sector in the UK finally started to move up through the gears.
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PWA Planning has helped forecourt services operator EG Group gain planning approval for a new site close to a Shropshire business park.
EG Group has received permission to create a petrol filling station, retail kiosk and drive through coffee shop development on a three-hectare site at Thieves Lane, Shrewsbury Business Park.
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PWA Planning is pleased to welcome two new members to the team.
We’ve recruited Matthew Wyatt as a senior planner and Joe Davis as a graduate planner.
PWA Planning has helped forecourt services operator EG Group gain planning approval for two new sites in the North West.
EG Group has received permission to create petrol filling station, retail and drive through café developments in Burnley, Lancashire, and Ince Blundell, near Formby.
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In our latest Q&A on the North West land and property market, director Paul Walton examines what are the Lancashire’s current and future residential hotposts.
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Paul Walton, a director at North West planning consultants PWA Planning, answers some frequently asked questions on what is means when a local authority undertakes a call for sites exercise.
Local authorities are required by central government to identify future supply of land that’s “suitable, available and achievable” for use for housing or other economic development purposes.
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We’re pleased to announce we’ve made two promotions in our team as we continue investing in the future.
Rachael Leather, who joined us in 2017 as a planning technician, has been promoted to assistant planner.
A planning application to build up to 140 new homes in Goosnargh, Lancashire, has been submitted.
The joint application, made by a local landowner and Preston-based housing provider Community Gateway Association, is being managed by planning consultancy PWA Planning.
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We’re delighted to announce that Alison Gough, Preston City Council’s former deputy director of development, has joined our team.
Alison joins us after nine years with the council, a time in which she oversaw large-scale planning applications, including the £50m Markets Quarter and UCLan’s £200m masterplan and public realm works.
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PWA Planning has been appointed by housing provider Jigsaw Homes and developer Stanley Investments to advise on a planning application for up to 70 new homes in Wigan.
The development of high-quality affordable homes is planned for a derelict parcel of brownfield land at Field Street and Hey Street.
Continue reading “New homes planned for former Wigan cattle market”