A town with the bus station in one place, a shopping street with small shops in another place, and another, then a new shopping centre with some dedicated bus services and a big car park in a newly ...

The government is currently ripping up the old planning guidance and replacing it with a new, much shorter National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Unfortunately, there is no vision as to the future...

Press Release for immediate release:   Contact Joe Peacock, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, 0121 6326909 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled...

Yesterday the Government published their National Planning Policy Framework from the Department of Communities and Local Government, containing planning guidance for local authorities a...

Ref: Planning Application 2011/03485/PA (Land off Pershore Road/Fordhouse Lane Former Arvin Meritor Works Stirchley Birmingham B30 3BW) Having studied the planning documents for the above application...

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WHITE PAPER – BIRMINGHAM FRIENDS OF THE EARTH REACTION Birmingham Friends of the Earth Press Release Embargo: For immediate release, Tuesday 7 June 2011 Contact: Joe Peacock, ...

We submitted our response to the Birmingham Core Strategy last week. This is an important consultation as the guidance that this document provides will determine what planning applications are approve...

How can the city centre become a busy, but sustainable, heart of Birmingham : somewhere where people want to live, work and visit, and not just drive across? The new Big City Plan from the City Counc...

Press release - reaction to the publication of the Big City Plan Birmingham Friends of the Earth welcomes the green messages in the new version of the Big City Plan, demonstrating that Birmingham Cit...

As part of our ongoing planning work Birmingham Friends of the Earth responded to the application for a mixed use scheme (including a medical centre, food retail store, and sheltered residential flats...

Moseley's Big Plan is the start of a new local planning document for the wider Moseley area, which will eventually be adopted by Birmingham City Council as planning policy.   Usually planning pol...

As part of our ongoing planning work Birmingham Friends of the Earth responded to the latest Reserved Matters Planning Application for the creation of the new Eastside park. The concerns and suggesti...

As part of our ongoing planning work Birmingham Friends of the Earth responded to the recent consultation on the Digbeth Corridor Strategy being prepared by consultants Atkins on behalf of Birmingham ...

As part of our ongoing planning work Birmingham Friends of the Earth responded to the latest Reserved Matters Planning Application for the redevelopment of New Street Station (otherwise known as 'Birm...

I’d heard a lot about Power Up from various people. They told we it was great. They told me that I’d learn everything I ever needed to know about planning issues. To be honest, spending ...