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September 26, 2018

Business & Economy

Plans submitted for £250m Newcastle ‘Quayside West’ development

Progress has been made on a prospective £250 million construction project on Newcastle’s Quayside after North Yorkshire developer Newby submitted an outline planning application to the council. The venture would see a sizeable patch of derelict land transformed into…

January 4, 2022

Business & Economy

New guidance to help advance ‘nationally significant’ development

Guidance to support development at a nationally significant advanced manufacturing park is expected to be green-lit by two North East councils in January.

September 7, 2022

Business & Economy

Getting ahead of the game

Protecting our future players The North East has a proud sporting history, with teams and players of bygone eras still fondly cherished by fans. But a number of those terrace heroes are not the people they used to be.  Afflicted by…

September 14, 2016

Business & Economy

Graduate gets a head start in planning career

Laura Head, 23, graduated with an MA in Local and Regional Development in December and following a rigorous selection process was successful in securing a place on Story Homes’ graduate placement scheme, which is now in its second year. She…

August 6, 2019

Uncategorised

Teesside free port announcement hailed as “game changing opportunity”

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the Government’s plans to create up to ten free ports across the UK, with Teesport set to bid to secure one of the coveted zones. Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss…

July 24, 2017

Business & Economy

Planning Partner joins George F. White Group

Julie Hunter joins the Group to enhance its range of planning and development services, attract a wider client base and help to grow the planning team. With a degree in architecture and vast experience in local authority planning and…

July 18, 2021

Build & Sustainability

£9.1m redevelopment planning approval moves Sunderland closer to carbon neutral status

A £9.1m development project will aid Sunderland’s ambitious plans to become a cleaner and greener city after planners gave it the green light. Parsons Vehicle Workshop and Depot in Washington is set to be transformed in a contract which will…

August 6, 2020

Business & Economy

Industry body calls for new development corporations to regenerate North East economy

A membership organisation for the built environment has called for new development projects and the formation of development corporations to transform and regenerate the North East economy. Developing Consensus is a group of more than 100 private sector development professionals…