@JohnMeme

Director, Head of Strategic Communications (UK & Ireland) @turleyplanning. Constitutional Dalriadian. Views my own, blame is mine.

 Belfast
turley.co.uk
Joined February 2010
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Last night I was reviewing some stats that should be alarming for anyone interested in homes. The trend for bricks being delivered is one of decline. Early 2022 there was 180m bricks being delivered and today it is 120m . Stats from Dept Business and Trade.
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John Davison retweeted
NI Planner@niplannerMay 26
New aerial views of Loft Lines as construction progresses towards completion later this year. The development will deliver 778 apartments across 3 residential blocks, including social and affordable housing, alongside a new riverside promenade, public park and rooftop terraces
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Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has launched a process to appoint suitably qualified and experienced independent inspectors to the planning system. The appointments will enable the Department to exercise its powers under the Planning Act 2011 to allocate “Hear and Report” work to inspectors as an additional option to the Planning Appeals Commission. Further details at : infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/pub… The candidate information booklet is available at: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/pub…
Use your expertise to help us improve a critical part of the planning system

ALT Use your expertise to help us improve a critical part of the planning system

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‘I want to be upbeat going into 2026… but we must act now or face an uncertain future’ @JohnMeme belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…

‘I want to be upbeat going into 2026… but we must act now or face an uncertain future’

John Davison, director and head of strategic communications at Turley, looks at the infrastructure hurdles facing us here and why 2026 is a year for business to speak plainly to tackle those issues

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CEF@CEFNI1Jan 22
📣 INDUSTRY UPDATE! 📣 Our Chief Executive, Mark Spence (@mspence001), provides an update on yesterday's Infrastructure Committee meeting to discuss SuDS legislation alongside our industry colleagues from @ACCNewHomes, Marrac Design and @turleyplanning. 🏗️ Watch it now 👇
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The Irish News
@irish_newsJan 20
How £1.25 a week per household could unblock wastewater crisis irishnews.com/news/business/…

How £1.25 a week per household could unblock wastewater crisis

Wastewater Infrastructure Group renews call for a low cost infrastructure levy, payable through the rates system

irishnews.com
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Business Eye@eye_businessJan 20
£1.25 A Week On Rates Could Solve Water Crisis, Says Industry Group businesseye.co.uk/news/1-25-… via @Business Eye

£1.25 A Week On Rates Could Solve Water Crisis, Says Industry Group - Business Eye

£1.25 A Week On Rates Could Solve Water Crisis, Says Industry Group

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CEF@CEFNI1Jan 21
📣Draft budget confirms need for a £1.25–per-week solution to unblock wastewater crisis. 📣 CEF and our partners in the Wastewater Infrastructure Group have warned that the draft budget recognises but will not resolve NI’s growing wastewater crisis 👉 tinyurl.com/2s4ch85z
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John Mulgrew@newsmulg23 Sep 2025
Belfast Harbour's new masterplan would develop out a lot of largely underused land at Clarendon Dock, including a lot of space and water belfasttelegraph.co.uk/busin…

Belfast Harbour has ‘once-in-a-generation’ £200m plan to transform docks into 450 homes and public...

Clarendon Wharf development includes swimming pool, shops and heritage restoration

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BTR News@btrnews24723 Sep 2025
Replying to @BelfastHarbour
@BelfastHarbour advances Clarendon Wharf proposals: btrnews.co.uk/article/belfas… cc @belfastcc #btrnews #btr #buildtorent #planning #residential #builtenvironment #residentialdevelopment #residentialproperty

Belfast Harbour advances Clarendon Wharf proposals | BTR News

Belfast Harbour’s Clarendon Wharf plans propose Build to Rent homes, mixed-use space and major public realm.

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JPCampbellBiz@JP_Biz29 Jun 2025
How to pay for NI’s overloaded, underinvested water system? The minister is consulting on an indirect levy on buyers of new build homes. Business groups suggest wider socialisation of costs. No political appetite for that. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqn…

NI Water: Who will pay for NI's infrastructure upgrades?

The Invest NI boss has suggested Northern Ireland's creaking infrastructure is constraining economic development.

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Michéal@OFallamhain0229 Jun 2025
Replying to @JP_Biz @ClodaghLRice
I'd rather pay the £100 and get on with it. Sick of hearing about these things holding back much needed development.
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JPCampbellBiz@JP_Biz26 Jun 2025
Would £100 on the average annual household rates bill be a fair & sustainable way to solve NI’s water infrastructure crisis? Some business groups are floating the idea. The Infrastructure Minister is less keen - she’s consulting on a developer levy.
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CEF@CEFNI126 Jun 2025
The CEF in partnership with @NIFHA and the @NIChamber today published a joint position paper on the long-term impact of the wastewater crisis on housing and construction. Read in the paper, which was conducted by @turleyplanning & @GrantThorntonNI here👉tinyurl.com/4bnrm9k9
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More than 6,000 houses will not be built and thousands of jobs will be lost over the next two years unless urgent action is taken to avert a “full-blown crisis” in Northern Ireland wastewater system. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
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Tayto pension scheme given go ahead to progress £40m speculative industrial development in Co Armagh irishnews.com/news/business/…

Tayto pension scheme given go ahead to progress £40m speculative industrial development in Co Armagh

Outline planning approval has been granted for the major manufacturing and distribution centre in Lurgan

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The ongoing progress being made in the Planning Improvement Programme was the focus of this week's engagement between Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins and the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Minister Kimmins (front row, centre) with members of the NI Chamber of of Commerce and Industry

ALT Minister Kimmins (front row, centre) with members of the NI Chamber of of Commerce and Industry

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NEWS: Belfast city centre car parks and vacant land set to be transformed into new homes ow.ly/HqJG50VeE2S @CommunitiesNI @ClanmilHousing #BelfastCityCentre
Belfast City Hall dome.

ALT Belfast City Hall dome.

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New @deptinfra Minister Liz Kimmins has said infrastructure holds the key to a better society for us all. Speaking after taking up office at the Department for Infrastructure (DfI), the Minister said she was looking forward to building on the firm foundations put in place by John O’Dowd. Read more at: infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/new…
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Sinn Féin #reshuffle @CArchibald_SF moves to Economy @JohnODowdSF goes to Finance @LizK1988 is new Infrastructure Minister
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