Today’s planning reforms could unlock significant new development around England’s best-connected stations. But planning permission is only part of the equation: how will the transport infrastructure needed to support that growth be funded? New development and better connectivity can create significant increases in land value. Land value capture can turn an appropriate, commercially agreed share […]
E-Rail features in the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)’s 2026 State of the Nation report. The aim of the State of the Nation report is to stimulate discussion about the infrastructure sector’s most pressing challenges and opportunities. It looks specifically at how the UK infrastructure sector can deliver the government’s ambitious long-term pipeline of projects. […]
We’re delighted to see passenger services have returned after 60 years on the Northumberland Line. This is a very special project for many reasons. One of those is because it’s the first time our unique, groundbreaking land value capture (LVC) model has been used to help fund part of the re-opening of a UK rail […]
The government is currently consulting on proposed planning and housing policy reforms aimed at accelerating housebuilding. Among the proposed changes is an expansion of compulsory purchase order (CPO) powers, which would allow local authorities to force landowners to sell green belt land if it could support new housing developments. While this approach aims to address […]
George Hazel, Director of E-Rail, examines how E-Rail can help the new government deliver its transport aims and ambitions. Last month a new Government was elected in the United Kingdom. In her first speech, the new Labour Secretary of State for Transport listed five key aims: · Improving performance on the railways and driving forward […]
E-Rail remains busy supporting transport authorities across the UK to secure landowner contributions, through Land Value Capture (LVC), towards funding important new railway stations and schemes. We were pleased for the rail industry endorsement, and recognition of the positive impact our LVC methodology has had to help fund the Northumberland Line, as highlighted by Rail […]
We’re delighted to be a finalist at the 2023 Spotlight Rail Awards. E-Rail is a finalist in the ‘Service of the Year’ category along with other shortlisted entries from GoMedia and Greater Anglia. George Hazel, Director of E-Rail said: “Our unique way of funding rail projects is a game-changer for public transport investment and can […]
Are you missing out on valuable funds to make your infrastructure project happen? It is normal for local authorities to use mechanisms within the planning process such as Section 106, or in the case of Scotland Section 72 contributions, or wider instruments such as Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to raise money to make sure […]
Britain’s railways are enjoying a renaissance and new stations are opening across the UK as we wake up to the social, economic and environmental benefits of rail says John McGregor, Director of E-Rail, a company that is leading an innovative approach to funding transport initiatives that could see more projects take off in the North […]
E-Rail has been commissioned by the Witney Oxford Transport Group to bring its ground-breaking Land Value Capture (LVC) methodology to a new transport scheme in Oxfordshire. This adds to a growing portfolio of studies on the applicability of LVC throughout the UK, and after E-Rail successfully worked with Northumberland County Council to secure the first […]
