All Property and Planning articles – Page 6
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NewsCity snapshot: Property giant British Land raids Marston’s for chair appointment
British Land has announced it has appointed current Marston’s char William Rucker as its own chair designate
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Gove got wrong in ‘unlawful’ M&S Marble Arch decision
M&S has won a High Court victory for its Marble Arch store plans
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NewsDebt-fuelled sale & leasebacks drove record supermarket deals in 2023
An ‘exceptional level’ of sale & leasebacks in 2023 was led by Asda and Morrisons as they sought to pay down debt and by Waitrose in funding its turnaround plans, according to Colliers
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NewsCut business rates and reform Apprenticeship Levy, says M&S boss
Stuart Machin has set out what he wants to see announced in Wednesday’s spring budget
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NewsM&S wins High Court victory over Michael Gove’s Marble Arch store decision
The High Court found the decision taken by Gove as levelling up secretary last summer was unlawful
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NewsJJ Foodservice opens new ‘state of the art’ branch in Wimbledon
The new site has cutting-edge features with a sustainable focus, including solar panels and electric warehouse vehicles
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NewsSupermarkets urged to ‘embrace’ new sustainable town model
The Food Foundation is partnering with radical developer Human Nature Places to build nearly 700 homes on a brownfield site in Lewes, East Sussex
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NewsLidl pitching for £90m funding to build 12 new UK supermarkets
Lidl wants to boost its store opening programme with £91.16m in funding to build 12 supermarkets across the UK
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NewsM&S: Gove based Marble Arch store decision on policy that ‘doesn’t exist’
In a legal challenge which reached High Court this week, M&S claimed Gove ‘misunderstood and misapplied’ national planning policy in arriving at his decision in July last year
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NewsLidl planning 31,000 sq ft store and 71 homes in latest mixed-use London scheme
The proposed development would sit on a 1.1 acre site, which is currently home to a 1930s building leased to Mecca Bingo in Eltham, south east London
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NewsAldi to invest £550m in stores and distribution in 2024
The discounter is looking for freehold town-centre or edge-of-town sites of 1.5 acres, to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces
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NewsCaffè Nero to open its first drive-thru store in Stansted Airport
CEO Gerry Ford said the store will serve as a ‘template’ for further drive-thru stores
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NewsTwo next places to get new Wilko stores confirmed
The stores will open in spring, with exact timings to be announced shortly, according to new Wilko owners CDS Superstores, which trades as The Range
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NewsM&S investing £30m in Scottish stores
New or expanded stores are set to open in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Largs and Linlithgow
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News120,000 retail jobs lost and 10,000 shops closed in 2023
Most of the closures resulted from company restructures and cost-cutting programmes, according to the Centre for Retail Research
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NewsAldi creates new ‘centralised’ real estate team to spearhead store expansion
The new team will help Aldi open up to 500 new stores
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NewsBusiness rates for UK’s six largest supermarkets set to rise by £160m
The bill for the traditional big four will rise by £136m, according to Colliers
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Comment & OpinionFar from landbanking, the CMA is criticising the supermarkets for selling off land
The CMA continues to find supermarkets at fault over illegal use of land, 13 years after ‘landbanking’ legislation came in
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NewsMorrisons has ‘worst compliance seen yet’ with competition rules on land deals, finds CMA
Morrisons was found to have 55 land deals that breached the rules, while M&S had 10
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NewsLidl and Aldi decide not to project new store numbers for 2024
After publicly targeting about 50 annually since 2017, both have already slowed estate expansion in 2023