Position, steer, drive: AMT Towns Alive helping to bring forward...
Late in 2013 we told you that a neighbourhood planning landmark has been reached: over 800 communities are working to get a neighbourhood plan in place. At the time, Planning Minister Nick Boles...
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Minister addresses Towns Alive queries
We told you in November about how Towns Alive delegates were getting a ‘hotline’ (with thanks to Fiona Bruce MP) to take their concerns directly to Brandon Lewis, the Minister with responsibility for...
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Coyte Farm out-of-town proposals refused
Controversial proposals for development of a retail park on a 90 acre out-of-town site near St. Austell, Cornwall were turned down today in a close vote of Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning...
View ArticleGrimsey joins Labour High Streets Advisory Group
The former chief executive of Wickes and Iceland, Bill Grimsey, has joined a new Advisory Group which will advise the Labour Shadow Business (BIS) and Communities & Local Government (CLG) teams on...
View Article‘Lifeline’ towns and rural exclusion
In remote rural areas small towns may perform a critical ‘lifeline’ function for people on low incomes or without access to personal transport. Research has highlighted, however, that many of these...
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Has your town benefitted from substantial improvement in your streetscape?
High streets and their wellbeing are high on the agenda for politicians and policy makers at the moment, writes AMT Towns Alive board member Catherine Hammant. Local communities are working hard in a...
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Broughton Astley ‘makes history’ with approval for neighbourhood plan
The residents of the East Midlands village of Broughton Astley have voted to adopt a neighbourhood plan in a referendum this month. The referendum took place on 16 January. 2,747 votes were cast...
View ArticleSlaugham set-back for neighbourhood plan
The independent examiner for the Slaugham Neighbourhood Plan has decided that the Plan cannot currently go to referendum – making it the first Neighbourhood Plan in England to be knocked back at...
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Wales Cross Party Group looks at town centre revitalisation
As we highlighted earlier this month, Chris Wade, the chief executive of AMT Towns Alive, addressed the Welsh Assembly Cross Party Group on Small Shops which met in Cardiff yesterday (29 January 2014)....
View ArticleGuidance published on business rates relief
In December’s Autumn Statement the Government announced that it will provide a relief of up to £1,000 to all occupied retail properties with a rateable value of £50,000 or less in each of the years...
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Market Winners: Ashton-under-Lyne ‘Britain’s favourite’; Chesterfield ‘best...
A record-breaking 104,000 people participated in a public vote to find “Britain’s Favourite Market” – with the winner revealed today to be Ashton-under-Lyne. And judges have crowned markets in towns...
View ArticleMinister says refurbished Maesteg market breathing new life into town
A new market square is a “wonderful new asset” for the town of Maesteg, according to Wales’ Housing and Regeneration Minister, Carl Sargeant, who visited the town this month to view how a £2.5m...
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Norfolk neighbourhood plan approved in referendum
A neighbourhood plan for the Norfolk village of Cringleford has passed a referendum, becoming the eighth plan in England to do so. Cringleford Parish Council’s Neighbourhood Development Plan was...
View ArticleTown Centre Manager wanted – Andover
The joint initiative between Andover Town Council, Test Valley Borough Council and Hampshire County Council have announced they are looking “to contract with someone to provide town centre management...
View ArticleWhat does your town want?
At AMT Towns Alive, we’re trying to uncover the most pressing support needs and policy concerns for towns – and we need your help! Complete our quick survey and you could win a free delegate place at...
View ArticleRetail vacancy rates: increasing north / south divide
Retail and leisure vacancy rates for 2013 demonstrate a growing gap between north and south, according to new figures from the Local Data Company. The Local Data Company’s report, ‘Divide and Rule,’...
View ArticleMalton facing new planning battle
Back in November 2012 we wrote about “momentous news for Malton as planning decision reversed.” But now the Malton community appear to be facing a fresh challenge – with an application by GMI Holbeck...
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Beyond Boundaries Lifeline Towns and Rural Exclusion – report now available
As we wrote last month, AMT Towns Alive’s Chris Wade took part in a workshop in Dumfries in December 2013, jointly organised by Carnegie UK Trust and the SRUC Rural Policy Centre. In remote rural...
View ArticleParking consultation: AMT & ATCM joint response to government
In December we told you about a parking consultation launched by the Government alongside a range of other proposals for supporting towns and high streets. Parking has consistently been one of the key...
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