Sentence examples for grants planning from inspiring English sources

When a local authority grants planning permission on a piece of land, the plot's value rises in line with the market's estimate of the value of the proposed development, and the value of neighbouring properties tends to fall.

Similar schemes had proved successful in the UK and US, the study found, particularly when developers knew the requirements well in advance, and when they were combined with government grants, planning bonuses, subsidies and other incentives.

In effect, it grants planning permission and compulsory purchase powers for the first phase of the HS2 route from London to the West Midlands and is now about halfway through its laborious committee phase, where detailed objections from members of the public along the route are considered by MPs.

2007: January: Bristol City Council grants planning permission to expand Memorial Stadium following a consultation.

It was granted planning permission in 2008 - but the building on its planned site has not even been demolished yet.

Councillors granted planning permission last December.

Stirling University has been granted planning approval for £20 million sports complex.

Many councils are happy to grant planning permission for projects which they think might boost struggling neighbourhoods.

And the stalled property market has also cut income from the charges that councils make when they grant planning permission.

The tower is planned for the site of the former Pinnacle development, which was granted planning permission in April 2006.

In June 2010, Viridor was granted planning permission for the plant ahead of another proposal from rival firm Veolia for Newport.