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We were really pleased to hear that South Somerset District Council granted planning permission last night for a new retail store for Aldi on the Olds Garage site in Yeovil.

After a very long planning committee last night LB Tower Hamlets voted unanimously to approve planning permission for 307 new apartments and 1915sqm of employment space at Barratt Industrial Estate, Gillender Street, E3. The application was submitted by Gillender 2 LLP, a joint venture by Mount Anvil and Peabody. Entran worked with scheme architects Allies and Morrison and town planners Montagu Evans to secure positive recommendations from LBTH, GLA and TfL, which were fully supported by the Strategic Development Committee. Congratulations to all involved.

The Met Office and Met Éireann, have revealed the list of storm names for the coming season.

First introduced in 2015, this is the fourth year the Met Office and Met Éireann (the  meteorological service in the Irish Republic) have jointly run the ‘Name our Storms’ scheme, aimed at raising awareness of severe weather before it hits.

This year the first storm will be ‘male’ and named Ali, while the second storm will be ‘female’ and named Bronagh,  following the alternating male/female pattern established by the US National Hurricane Center in the 1970’s.

Further information can be found [here]

Entran had a great afternoon with Sol Environment yesterday at Bath Racecourse. It was very clear from the outset that nobody had the first idea about form or tactics but one or two still managed to (inexplicably) end the afternoon a few quid up! Next stop Cheltenham.

A car share scheme has launched on the Isle of Wight. The tailored scheme, set up for businesses and residents, aims to improve accessibility to employment and other services, reduce travel costs and minimise local congestion. It is fee to sign up to the car share scheme at www.iowc.liftshare.com. Users can then match their journey with others using it. The programme is an opportunity for businesses to benefit from addressing issues associated with car parking and congestion, while also contributing to corporate social responsibility objectives.

The car share community is managed by transport consultancy SYSTRA, in partnership with the council, which is delivering the project as part of the Access Fund for Sustainable Travel, a £1.3 million three-year sustainable transport programme which was secured competitively from the Department for Transport (DfT).

Further details are available in [this] article in the IoW County Press.

We were delighted to hear that planning permission was granted yesterday for a new Aston Martin showroom and workshop on the site of the former Ford Partnership Building in Southampton. Entran worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team, led by HNW Architects, to secure planning permission on behalf of Harwoods. A great scheme.