Bodelwyddan – Jac o' the North

Bute Energy, Update, 30.06.2023

Jac — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 08:00:45 +0000

This piece has been off / on for a while, due to other matters cropping up to grab my attention. But in the end, it worked out, because new information is emerging all the time. To avoid going over too much old ground I shall devote most of this piece to what’s new. Those wanting …

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Planning Inspectorate: New Gauleiter for Wales

Jac — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 17:19:36 +0000

After just over two years as head of the Planning Inspectorate in Wales Richard Poppleton is to leave. I have written about Mr Poppleton a couple of times in the recent past; first, on December 30 last year in Richard Poppleton, ‘Organ Grinder’, and again on April 1 this year with Richard Poppleton, On Tour. …

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The Cardiff Local Development Plan

Jac — Thu, 01 May 2014 14:39:21 +0000

‘Jac writing about Cardiff!’ I hear you exclaim, before dropping your coffee in your lap. Yes, and I’m not even going to gloat over certain sporting matters. I’m writing this post because the Cardiff LDP could have implications well beyond the city itself. Before getting down to it let me acknowledge that the post was …

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The Double Whammy

Jac — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:07:10 +0000

At the risk of repeating myself . . . There is an issue I touched on in an earlier post that has been nagging at me to the point where I think it needs another post to elaborate and explore it better. In my attempts to explain the machinations of the Planning Inspectorate I have …

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Bodelwyddan and the Bigger Picture

Jac — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:59:43 +0000

I had intended putting this out on Twitter or Facebook, just to inform people that the deadline for representations on the planned 1,700 new homes at Bodelwyddan in Denbighshire has been extended to March 21st. In view of the new figures available for both population predictions and household size it is well worth challenged this …

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Housing In Wales – Back To The Drawing Board!

Jac — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:58:04 +0000

In a number of recent posts – work back from here – I have criticised the projections made by the Knowledge and Analytical Services (KAS), a unit based in Cardiff but answering to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in London. These projections have raised questions as to their reliability and true purpose, especially …

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Housing in Wales: Time for Honesty

Jac — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:37:51 +0000

As regular readers will be aware, I have recently focused on planning and housing in Wales, more specifically, the data being used to forecast how many new homes Wales will ‘need’ over the next couple of decades. What I have learnt is that the forecasts produced in the name of the ‘Welsh’ Government bear little …

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