The £20m expansion of Silverburn shopping centre in Pollok, Glasgow will go ahead despite the takeover of the centre in December

Strathclyde Pension Fund has revealed a multimillion pound plan to extend the Octagon shopping centre in Burton Upon Trent.

The Bon Accord shopping centre in Aberdeen is to undergo a multi-million pound refurbishment.

Land Securities have submitted plans for a redevelopment of the Meteor Retail Park in Derby

Hammerson has announced it will bring forward amended plans for Eastgate Quarters in Leeds later this year.

The multi-million pound redevelopment plans for Langney shopping centre will go ahead after Eastbourne Borough Council granted planning permission to the developers Stockland Ventures.

The London Assembly Planning and Housing Committee has published its report on helping small shops, that could lead to reform of the planning system

The decision by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to impose a Grade II listing on thecentre:mk, despite intensive lobbying by the centre’s owners and the wider retail and property industries, underlines the complex and at times uneasy role malls play in our towns.

thecentre:mk, Milton Keynes, was made a Grade II listed building on Friday after a controversial  decision by the DCMS.

A detailed planning application has now been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council for a new flagship store on Princes Street.

Lend Lease Europe has finalised terms for a conditional Regeneration Agreement with the London Borough of Southwark, clearing the way for the £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle.

Sainsbury’s and St Modwen have overcome Tesco’s objections to their Project Jennifer regeneration scheme in Liverpool, following a decision at the High Court in Manchester

Henderson Global Investors has opened its pre-application consultation for its planned £105m retail-led regeneration scheme in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire.

Miller Developments has submitted a planning application to The Highland Council to develop a £50m mixed use project in Fort William, Scotland.

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles chas announced that he will not call in the Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration, giving the green light to the £4.5bn scheme to create a new town centre in North-West London.

Quintain is about to begin marketing its 280,000-sq ft Wembley City retail and leisure development beside Wembley stadium, prior to a start on site next year.

Citygrove's £65m WestGate leisure and retail scheme in Aldershot has been given the go-ahead in principle by Rushmoor Borough Council's development control committee.

The £180m Rathbone Market scheme, which forms a key part of redevelopment plans to Canning Town centre, has been given the go ahead.

The Royal Mail Pension Plan has submitted revised plans by for a £10m upgrade and extension of St Nicholas Gate Retail Park in Carlisle.

Threadneedle Property Investments has been granted outline planning consent for the redevelopment of Eccles Shopping Centre in Manchester. The scheme will provide a new foodstore and car park, improvements to the rest of the centre and new pedestrian links.

Land Securities has received planning consent for the redevelopment of the Peel Centre, in Bracknell town centre. The former MFI unit on the park will be reconfigured to provide a 20,000-sq ft unit pre-let to Next with additional retail units totalling 15,000 sq ft.

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

Communities secretary John Denham has issues a stop notice against the controversial £4.5bn Brent Cross Cricklewood scheme.

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.