PPS was the proud sponsor of the ‘Best Community Initiative’ award at the Housebuilder Awards last night at the Millennium Hotel in Mayfair, London.
The award went to Kier Partnership Homes for its 167-home-mixed-tenure scheme for Bournville Village Trust in Lower Shenley.
PPS had extra reason to celebrate with Linden Homes, winners of ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ and the ‘Best [...]
The IPC is dying – long live the IPC!
by Charles St George
The Coalition Government has announced that it will abolish the independent Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) that determines applications for major renewable energy schemes.
But if you talk to officials in the IPC they will tell you that, in practice, they expect very little to change. [...]
PPS secured a victory this week for a Muslim charity’s plans to develop a community centre in North Harrow, which was unanimously approved by Harrow’s planning committee.
With striking Islamic-inspired architecture, the Battlers Wells Foundation’s plans have been the centre of a furious local debate with many sceptical about the charity’s aims to open the centre [...]
PPS Director Andy Martin addressed a breakfast meeting of planners and developers yesterday offering insights on the forthcoming Localism Bill. As communications and PR specialists in planning PPS Group has been delivering community engagement and stakeholder relations strategies for the last 20 years.
During the SSR Planning hosted breakfast Andy shared intelligence gathered at the party conferences [...]