Beyond Green Developments signs agreement with landowners at Broadland
Beyond Green Developments has entered into a long-term partnership with a consortium of landowners in Broadland to explore the potential of creating a sustainable new community on the edge of Norwich....
View ArticleShaken but not stirred: Regenerating Christchurch
Following September’s devastating earthquake, Christchurch’s city centre is missing many of the teeth from its smile. But Christchurch City Council and others are committed to continuing their...
View ArticleCommunity power and the housing stock
With the budget came a big change to the way planning is enacted in the UK. “Jobs” and “Growth” must now trump concerns that would otherwise prevent planning permission being granted. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleThe draft National Planning Policy Framework: sustainable development “where...
The draft National Planning Policy Framework was published for consultation on 25th July. It purports to replace around a thousand pages of planning policy statements and guidance (PPSs and PPGs) with...
View ArticleSustainable development, I presume
This post is by Neil Murphy, Director, Policy, Planning and Economics Perhaps people are just bored with the subject, but the publication of the final National Planning Policy Framework at the end of...
View ArticleTDAG releases new guide on Trees in the Townscape
The Trees and Design Action Group (TDAG) today released a new guide, Trees in the Townscape. The guide – which Beyond Green has helped to shape – aims to raise awareness of the benefits of trees in the...
View ArticleInvitation to view NS&OC Outline Planning Application
Beyond Green are pleased to announce that we will soon be submitting an Outline Planning Application for our project in North Sprowston and Old Catton (‘NS&OC’). We’ve spent over two years...
View ArticleA new movement in planning – Neil Murphy’s The New City lecture
This is a transcript of Neil Murphy’s The New City lecture given on Monday 11th February 2013 at Cambridge University Department of Architecture. The New City lecture series runs until 5th March,...
View ArticleNorth Sprowston and Old Catton – resolution to grant consent
Broadland District Council on Wednesday resolved to grant outline planning consent to Beyond Green Developments’ proposals for a 3,520-home sustainable urban extension north of Sprowston and Old...
View ArticleNorth Sprowston and Old Catton shortlisted for a RTPI 2014 Planning...
North Sprowston and Old Catton (NS&OC), a new community to be developed in Broadland, north-east of Norwich, has been shortlisted for a Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) 2014 Planning Excellence...
View Article