DC Members respond to Pandemic Planning Processes

DC Members respond to Pandemic Planning Processes

This month we asked members: Are there any practices that planning authorities have developed during the pandemic to help speed up/support the processing of applications that should be kept and can you give an example of how these have improved the planning process?  ...
More must be done to recover city footfall

More must be done to recover city footfall

Figures from Urban Observatory have revealed that Newcastle city centre footfall is still over 50% lower than figures recorded before the pandemic. Footfall pre-local lockdown through the city centre in August reached just under 2.5m people, a stark contrast to the...