Blackpool Council has granted outline permission for the £220m Talbot Gateway scheme, targeted at regenerating north-east Blackpool.

Retailers planning global expansions for 2010 are opting for owner-operated stores, according to research from CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).

Simons Developments has been chosen to redevelop Hitchin's Churchgate shopping centre.

Coplan Estates and Denne Construction have been selected as preferred development partner by Canterbury City Council for the £50m mixed use redevelopment of a key site in the heart of Herne Bay on the north Kent coast.

City Site Estates, landlord of the Mercat shopping centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife, is preparing a 250,000-sq ft retail extension to existing shopping centre,

The £70m Bicester town centre regeneration scheme has been given the green light by Cherwell District Council, with construction scheduled to start later this year.

CABE has praised Treasury Holdings' designs for the massive redevelopment of the 38-acre Battersea Power Station site in south west London.

The Crown Estate continues to upgrade its Regent Street estate in London with plans for two new retail-led developments.

Multi Development's groundbreaking city-centre regeneration project has been awarded the Silver Jubilee Cup, the Royal Town Planning Institute’s top planning prize, in a ceremony celebrating the best planning projects across the UK and Ireland.

Northern Ireland's Environment Minister, Edwin Poots, has approved plans for a major redevelopment of the Dairy Farm Shopping Centre in Dunmurry, near Lisburn.

Gleniffer Estates has won planning permission for a new phase of its £30m Greenlaw Village neighbourhood centre in the Glasgow suburb of Newton Mearns.

Southwark Council's planning committee has resolved to grant outline planning permission for the redevelopment of the Surrey Quays Leisure Site in London’s Surrey Docks, including the creation of a new flagship store and UK headquarters for the sports retailer Decathlon.

Salford City Council planners have unanimously approved a muli-million pound scheme to regenerate a 17.4 ha area in the heart of the city centre.

Cardiff Airport has announced plans to extend its main terminal building, with added retail and restaurant space in a bit to improve the facility.

Land Securities has agreed construction contracts for three schemes as part of a £655m West End development programme, including a prominent development on Oxford Street.

Town centre retail in Maidenhead, Berkshire, will be in for a major revamp and extension under a new masterplan unveiled by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.

The Government released its long-awaited revisions to the Planning Policy Statement 4 (PPS4) planning guidance note between Christmas and the New Year, traditionally seen by civil servants as a time to bury bad news. But far from proving controversial, the new guidance has been broadly welcomed.