Beeston Civic Society Community, DESIGN AWARDS, Events and meetings, Heritage, Planning, sustainability

Better By Design

Design Awards Launch This Spring If you’ve seen or undertaken a well designed, inspiring build project – nominate it for our Design Awards, which launch this Spring. Nomination categories are: Residential / Commercial / Sustainable The project must have been completed between July 2023 and June 2025, and be located within Attenborough, Beeston, Bramcote, Chilwell … Continue reading Better By Design

Beeston Civic Society Nature + Wildlife, Planning, sustainability

Make Broxtowe an Exemplar Council for Nature

By Mervyn Brown The latest changes to planning regulation on Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) should be established as an absolute minimum across the Borough. We should emphatically require rigid compliance with this regulation and ensure that the benefit is applied locally for the benefit of local communities. Far too often have we seen developers ‘offsetting’ their commitments to Section 106 … Continue reading Make Broxtowe an Exemplar Council for Nature

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GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS

Credit:@NihilisticAbyss The Government are seeking views on proposed changes to the Permitted Development Rights (PDRs). These changes refer to: certain PDRs which enable householders to improve and enlarge their homes. the building upwards PDRs which enable the upward extension of a range of existing buildings. the PDRs which allows for the demolition of certain buildings … Continue reading GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS