‘Planning Policy’
A Buildingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Light levels increased and energy consumption cut from
Cooper Lighting, which we summarised at the time by saying "A variety of luminaires and lighting controls from Cooper Lighting and Safety, installed at the offices of the Irish planning board, have boosted light levels and cut energy consumption.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Range of new urban noise management tools. from
Bruel and Kjaer: "Bruel and Kjaer have created a wide range of tools for planning, assessment and noise control,to help those involved in managing urban noise, ".
In September 2011, we covered the news from Maccaferri
- take a look at Maccaferri reinforced soil solution
which says: "Maccaferri complex reinforced soil structure spans drainage culvert as part of the Inverness Parks Farm distributor road project.".
Take a look also at the news release from Renderplas, PVCU render beads work well for Welsh Oak Frame,
as well as New Monodraught ceiling-mounted Cool-phase from Monodraught,
and Planning and specifying drainage systems from ACO Building Drainage.
Latest stories...
Planning reforms good says FMB (September 2011)
Brian Berry, Director of External Affairs at the FMB says the planning system needs urgent reform if it is to deliver the homes and infrastructure needed to support economic growth.
Maccaferri retaining walls hide treatment works (September 2011)
Geotechnical specialists Maccaferri is building a series of earth retaining walls at the new Glencorse Water Treatment works in Midlothian
Neptunus structures for Olympic training facility (September 2011)
Neptunus has added two new semi-permanent structures to the Dutch Olympic training facility in Papendal.
Stride Treglown win Sainsbury eco-store planning (September 2011)
Architects Stride Treglown have helped Sainsbury's win planning permission for a new sustainable supermarket in Wadebridge, Cornwall.
Titon ventilation units for conservation scheme (September 2011)
Titon's HRV1 Q Plus whole house ventilation units and CME1 Q Plus continuous mechanical extract units have been installed in Kingston Mills, an award-winning Conservation project, in Wiltshire
Worcester offers 5 year guarantee for Greenstar (September 2011)
Worcester, Bosch Group is reinforcing its reputation for quality and reliability by offering an extended 5 year guarantee on selected Greenstar boilers.
Paragon simplifies Travis Perkins delivery process (September 2011)
Investment in a high-tech transport optimisation system from Paragon Software Systems is enabling the Travis Perkins Group to plan customer deliveries for its branches automatically.
Gent by Honeywell launches air sampling range (September 2011)
Gent by Honeywell has launched its first range of Air Sampling Detection (ASD) systems to ensure that businesses can select the most suitable detector to match a specific application.
Further reading
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CBI discusses National Planning Policy Framework
The CBI has commented on the UK government's first full draft of its National Planning Policy Framework, and said it must be used to rebuild investors' confidence in the system.
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