Green Light For Stafford’s Business Park
After two years of sustained effort planning permission has been granted by Stafford Borough Council for the final phase of the County town’s flagship employment site and was immediately hailed as ‘the best news this year’ by Inglewood Investments Commercial Director Gil Paris.
Flexibility is the key to housing delivery
Planning Consultancy First City Limited has called for further flexibility in housing distribution within the Districts adjoining the Black Country.
The state of the Land Market
First City reports that there is currently a two-tier residential development land market with larger sites in better quality locations attracting a disproportionate amount of interest compared to small sites in poor locations
“Bombsite Britain Tax” hike on the way!
One of the less publicised elements of the Government’s spending review is the decision announced by Parliamentary under-secretary of state, Bob Neill on 13th December 2010 to scrap the business rate relief given to the owners of some empty properties.




