Our green and pleasant land
29th August 2007
THE definition of woodland in the United Kingdom forestry statistics is land under stands of trees with a canopy cover of at least 20 per cent (or having the potential to achieve this), including...
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English Heritage can save our centre
4th July 2007
I COULDN’T write this column about the changes to Central Milton Keynes without looking at the proposed developments at thecentre:mk. It is a unique building, not only architecturally but also...
The bureaucrats haven’t a clue
4th July 2007
THERE were two articles in the May edition of Business MK which I think deserve a response.MP Dr Phyllis Starkey believes that business should do more to champion the growth of Milton Keynes. I...
Proposals remain key for the future of the city
4th July 2007
In a statement, Mr Weymouth said: "Whilst obviously disappointed with having to take this course of action, we would like to reiterate that as long-term investors in Milton Keynes the joint...
University is high on our agenda
4th July 2007
MILTON Keynes Partnership Committee brings together Milton Keynes Council, English Partnerships, Local Strategic Partnership representatives from health, community and the business sectors and...
Please seize the opportunity
1st July 2007
I AM WRITING this column with about five minutes to go before it has to be sent to printers. The reason? Well about an hour ago I learned that Turley Associates, the planning consultants working with...
Fears grow on Translink’s future
7th June 2007
The Chamber board was dismayed at the "unquestionably adverse consequences" on Luton’s economic prosperity should such a decision materialise. Their views have been echoed by...
Don’t force out professional firms
1st June 2007
I AM aware that my column in Business MK has recently been a lot to do with trees, and saving them, and not a lot about business, the raison d’être of this organ. Not only that, but I...
Business must do more in growth debate, says MP
2nd May 2007
Speaking at a lunch hosted by the Institute of Directors’ Milton Keynes branch, Dr Starkey said that expansion was a huge opportunity but there was too much concentration on narrow local issues...
The changing face of our city landscape
1st May 2007
ISOBEL McCall is the current leader of Milton Keynes Council and, I’m certain, a woman of the very highest integrity who would never knowingly deceive. An e-mail she recently sent to a member...
City centre audit is a small victory
1st May 2007
URBAN Eden - the movement I started almost accidentally to promote a sustainable extension of the original masterplan for Milton Keynes - has had its first success. We appear to have forced Milton...
Partnership aims to increase tree numbers
1st May 2007
Planting and landscaping are required to feature in plans for all new developments, said a Milton Keynes Partnership spokesman. However, removal of trees was not unprecedented. Some had been removed...
Minister tours growth areas
23rd April 2007
Peter Housden, permanent secretary in the Communities and Local Government Department, is pictured with Milton Keynes Partnership chairman Sir Bob Reid (right), MKP chief operating officer Jane...
Plans lodged for thecentre:mk expansion
2nd April 2007
Owners Hermes Real Estate and Prudential have submitted the first batch of reserved matters applications to Milton Keynes Council. The mastervision aims to improve the retail offer and to improve...
Hospital expansion receives £1.9m boost
26th March 2007
The first phase of the expansion is an upgrade of the hospital’s internal infrastructure including a new roadway, roundabouts and improvements to its existing helipad to provide better...
