Newcastle upon Tyne is a great city both for living and working. It’s small enough that I can walk from my home in a northern suburb of Newcastle to my office, just east of the […]
Landscape design provided for Ouseburn housing
We’re so pleased to have designed the landscaping for the first homes to be built in the heart of Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley in more than half a century. The doors have opened to 42 new one-bedroom […]
‘Stopping up’
We have been busy preparing and submitting plans to close redundant highways. These are called stopping up orders. Some planning applications need old roads to be closed and new ones to be built. These orders […]
Bats in the belfry?
We have been waiting for Spring for surveys for Great Crested Newts to be carried out on a large expanse of woodland in the north east. When certain applications can be submitted along with supporting […]
Thinking about building your own home in the open countryside?
In that case the house will come under Paragraph 55 clause of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). There is no template for this type of project, every house proposed needs to be truly outstanding […]
Simplifying local plans – have your say
Proposals to speed up and simplify the process of making Local Plans open to the public for representations until 27 April 2016 In September 2015 ministers launched a panel of experts – the Local Plans […]
Durham Plan – second chance to have your say
Durham County Council politicians were asked this week to agree the way forward for the County Durham Plan, currently in limbo. This followed the development plan’s withdrawal after a legal challenge to the planning inspector’s […]
Middlesbrough regeneration and restoration
We’re pleased to be working on the restoration of some listed buildings in Middlesbrough and addressing the findings a new Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) study. This has highlighted that Middlesbrough is one of the UK’s top […]
New Cumbrian partner
Serendipity, chance, fate or just good luck? Business alliances sometimes emerge over time and sometimes you know instantly when you can work together – CBEN share our aspirations and values so we’re looking forward to […]
address climate change or Brexit
Leaving the European Union would represent a hammer blow to the 2015 Paris climate deal, is the view of one of the UK’s leading climate advisors. Ex Tory environment minister Lord Deben, now chairing the […]
MP’s ode for zero carbon
The Energy and Climate Change Committee of MP’s has said in a recent report that government should reinstate zero carbon standards for new homes and implement a host of new policies to domestic energy efficiency. […]
We’re supporting the ‘healthy new towns’ pilots
Its great to hear that 10 new settlement will be test-beds for so-called ‘healthy new towns’. Even better news that one of our sites is part of the pilot! We’re supporting the detailed design of […]