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County Hall in Trowbridge Less than two weeks remain to have your say on the future of development in Wiltshire.  The consultation into the Wiltshire Local Plan closes on Tuesday, March 9 and while there will be future consultation later in the year, the local authority is encouraging residents to have their say.  The Wiltshire Local Plan sets out where future housing, infrastructure and employment in the county may be built over the next 15 years.  Cabinet member for planning, Toby ...

Table View residents, provincial government clash over development plans for property Share Cape Town - A stipulation by the province that a strip of land meant to be set aside for an access road to proposed schools in the area has been ignored in plans submitted to the Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) by a developer, according to the Greater Table View Action Forum (GTAF). GTAF planning and biodiversity representative David Ayres said the forum had raised the issue with Transport and Public W...

1. IIT Kharagpur One of the pioneering architecture departments in India, the Department of Architecture here was conceived for ensuring a holistic integration of the development of science and technology. This architecture department was the first of its kind in the IIT system in 1952 with the undergraduate course in architecture. Now it offers post-graduate and even doctoral degrees in the field. Students need to qualify JEE Advanced AAT examination for admission to this course.  2. IIT Roor...

25 February 2021 12:00–13:30 As African countries experience rapid urbanisation, there is a need to ensure that this process is well managed, and underpinned by strong public policy and social governance, to support economic development and social welfare. China has much to share from its experience of rapid urbanisation and putting in place structures to support population health and welfare. This webinar explores the bottom-up and top-down participation a...

Call for applications to sit on land planning tribunal By Staff Reporter Share Cpae Town - The City of Cape Town has called for applications and nominations for members to serve on the Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT), as the external members’ contracts will end in June. The function of the MPT is to consider and decide on land use and development applications submitted to the City’s Development Management Department. The MPT was established on July 1, 2015, when the municipal plann...

iAfrica 1 month ago 13 min read Share with your network! The following op-ed is written by Angela Andrews of the Legal Resources Centre. Newlands and Claremont, affluent suburbs of Cape Town, have a tragic history of forced removals.  One of the largest and most established communities (classified “Coloured” under Apartheid racial classification legislation) was removed from these pictur...

In December 2020 the new Licensing Code, which regulates renewable energy source (RES) production certificates, was published in the <i>Official Journal</i>. The code aims to implement the new RES licensing procedure and was published on the day on which the first submission round for the issuance of these certificates started. This last-minute regulation caused uncertainty for interested applicants regarding the application procedure and the required documents.

Deur Yaseen Gaffar 08 Februarie 2021 06:19 The report from Area Economic Development (AED) on this month’s agenda of the Subcouncil 24 meeting mentions the Informal Urban Agriculture Project in Sir Lowry’s Pass Village, which seeks to address the relocation of informal farmers. The farmers are currently occupying the Transnet site, and the plan is to relocate them to a more appropriately zoned site and at the same time initiate the development of an Economic Preci...

Published: 04 February 2021 PHILIPSBURG:--- NV GEBE stated in a press release that one of the company’s priorities in 2021 is to ensure Street Lights repair throughout various districts on the Dutch Side of St. Maarten. In a press release sent to this media, NV GEBE stated that prior to hurricane IRMA the number of street lights installed was a little over 4000. After the passing of IRMA, a survey was done and only 1700 street lights survived the devastation. Currently, NV GEBE h...

Finch House construction work THE facades of Finch House have been pulled down after being identified as "structurally unsound and in need of demolition". The work has been seen to be taking place over the last few days, and the council says all work is being carried out with planning consent. Councillor Toby Sturgis, Wiltshire Council Cabinet Member for Spatial Planning and Development Management, said a conservation officer has been in contact with the site owners AHH and they have conf...