Alyn Nicholls
@alyn.bsky.social
Chartered Town Planner. Making geography and trying not to leave a mess. Food, music, older motor cars, model making and other stuff. RTPI Independent Consultants Network. Views my own.
To be clear, it was a big acer...we don't possessa big acre.
So, we had a night away. On getting home we discovered the leave thieves had been. Our big acre was a mellowy yellow when we went - it’s now stripped. They were obviously disturbed because they left quite a lot in the garden.
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
To be clear, it was a big acer...we don't possessa big acre.
So, we had a night away. On getting home we discovered the leave thieves had been. Our big acre was a mellowy yellow when we went - it’s now stripped. They were obviously disturbed because they left quite a lot in the garden.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
So, we had a night away. On getting home we discovered the leave thieves had been. Our big acre was a mellowy yellow when we went - it’s now stripped. They were obviously disturbed because they left quite a lot in the garden.
Nice to have advised the Council on this.
It has also been nice to see a point I made about the sequential test and the PPS4 Planning for Town Centres Practical Guidance being adopted in a subsequent piece of work supporting another Aldi scheme.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk/aldi-gets-no...
It has also been nice to see a point I made about the sequential test and the PPS4 Planning for Town Centres Practical Guidance being adopted in a subsequent piece of work supporting another Aldi scheme.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk/aldi-gets-no...
Aldi gets nod for £12m St Helens investment - Place North West
A store on Laffak Road has been given the go-ahead by the council’s planning committee, forming part of a wider mixed-use development anchored by the rapidly growing supermarket chain.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nice to have advised the Council on this.
It has also been nice to see a point I made about the sequential test and the PPS4 Planning for Town Centres Practical Guidance being adopted in a subsequent piece of work supporting another Aldi scheme.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk/aldi-gets-no...
It has also been nice to see a point I made about the sequential test and the PPS4 Planning for Town Centres Practical Guidance being adopted in a subsequent piece of work supporting another Aldi scheme.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk/aldi-gets-no...
Luncheon: grilled sardines with pickled fennel and a salad.
I’m feeling healthy!
I’m feeling healthy!
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Luncheon: grilled sardines with pickled fennel and a salad.
I’m feeling healthy!
I’m feeling healthy!
Luncheon: because it’s Sunday. And a Lads outing. And we’re at #BreweryWharfTavren Leeds.
Marvelmouse!
Marvelmouse!
October 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Luncheon: because it’s Sunday. And a Lads outing. And we’re at #BreweryWharfTavren Leeds.
Marvelmouse!
Marvelmouse!
I've just realised my post yesterday afternoon was cryptic. My Garnddaughter was born at twenty minutes past five yesterday afternoon.
And you share a birthday with my Granddaughter - I've just found out.
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I've just realised my post yesterday afternoon was cryptic. My Garnddaughter was born at twenty minutes past five yesterday afternoon.
Luncheon: corned beef teacake with marmite cheddar, home pickled onions and carrots, and a Russian dressing (a concoction of ketchup, horseradish and mayonnaise). And then toasted to give it a crunch.
Accompanied by a little manzanilla.
Accompanied by a little manzanilla.
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Luncheon: corned beef teacake with marmite cheddar, home pickled onions and carrots, and a Russian dressing (a concoction of ketchup, horseradish and mayonnaise). And then toasted to give it a crunch.
Accompanied by a little manzanilla.
Accompanied by a little manzanilla.
Lets be clear, this is Leeds!
4/4 The fragment of the Third White Cloth Hall on Crown Street opened in 2024 as a bar + kitchen.
Hope there’s a good old 250th birthday party going on.
Hope there’s a good old 250th birthday party going on.
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Lets be clear, this is Leeds!
Luncheon: a marvellously blokey event talking tanks, old motors, school dinners and Airfix.
Sustenance: Yorkshire pud and oxtail, followed by liver, bacon & mash. Accompanied by a Barnsley Bitter.
Sustenance: Yorkshire pud and oxtail, followed by liver, bacon & mash. Accompanied by a Barnsley Bitter.
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Luncheon: a marvellously blokey event talking tanks, old motors, school dinners and Airfix.
Sustenance: Yorkshire pud and oxtail, followed by liver, bacon & mash. Accompanied by a Barnsley Bitter.
Sustenance: Yorkshire pud and oxtail, followed by liver, bacon & mash. Accompanied by a Barnsley Bitter.
Oh, looks like my first Spitfire...Conifer Green and a hard top (just for winter)...
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Oh, looks like my first Spitfire...Conifer Green and a hard top (just for winter)...
My view of the stage this evening…
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My view of the stage this evening…
It’s the 14th October, I’ve heard a Christmas tune in a posh shop at Cheshire Oaks (They we’re apologetic…I was on a site visit); @plplanning.bsky.social ‘s had a mince pie…but we’ve done Waitrose and have full provisions for Mrs.N’s Christmas cakes and panettone…
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s the 14th October, I’ve heard a Christmas tune in a posh shop at Cheshire Oaks (They we’re apologetic…I was on a site visit); @plplanning.bsky.social ‘s had a mince pie…but we’ve done Waitrose and have full provisions for Mrs.N’s Christmas cakes and panettone…
Mrs.N’s been on fire this morning: every arrow within the 10 ring!
(I was less accurate).
(I was less accurate).
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Mrs.N’s been on fire this morning: every arrow within the 10 ring!
(I was less accurate).
(I was less accurate).
Like a trainset outside my Manchester hotel window…
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Like a trainset outside my Manchester hotel window…
At the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social National Town Planning Conference in Manchester. Lovely to bump into fellow Independent Consultants and those interested in the Independent Consultants Network
October 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
At the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social National Town Planning Conference in Manchester. Lovely to bump into fellow Independent Consultants and those interested in the Independent Consultants Network
Kate and Sidney with the Motherlode…
Beef and kidney pie with mushy peas, mash, gravy and crispy onions.
Marvellous - but not quite as charismatic as at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social
Accompanied by a glass of the mighty Merlot.
Beef and kidney pie with mushy peas, mash, gravy and crispy onions.
Marvellous - but not quite as charismatic as at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social
Accompanied by a glass of the mighty Merlot.
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Kate and Sidney with the Motherlode…
Beef and kidney pie with mushy peas, mash, gravy and crispy onions.
Marvellous - but not quite as charismatic as at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social
Accompanied by a glass of the mighty Merlot.
Beef and kidney pie with mushy peas, mash, gravy and crispy onions.
Marvellous - but not quite as charismatic as at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social
Accompanied by a glass of the mighty Merlot.
So, I’m in Manchester for the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social National Planning Conference. It kicks off tonight, so I figured I need ballast. It’s a trip to PieMinister!
(Photos will follow)
(Photos will follow)
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
So, I’m in Manchester for the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social National Planning Conference. It kicks off tonight, so I figured I need ballast. It’s a trip to PieMinister!
(Photos will follow)
(Photos will follow)
Wednesday early morning amble: within the setting of the tallest listed building…Emley transmission tower.
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Wednesday early morning amble: within the setting of the tallest listed building…Emley transmission tower.
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s parsnip, apple and ginger soup, with home grown apples, cracked black pepper, and swirls of crème fraiche.
Deliciously warming!
Deliciously warming!
October 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s parsnip, apple and ginger soup, with home grown apples, cracked black pepper, and swirls of crème fraiche.
Deliciously warming!
Deliciously warming!
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s mushroom and tarragon soup with lashings of cracked black pepper and swirls of cremé fraiche.
That pepper makes it tingly on the tongue!
That pepper makes it tingly on the tongue!
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s mushroom and tarragon soup with lashings of cracked black pepper and swirls of cremé fraiche.
That pepper makes it tingly on the tongue!
That pepper makes it tingly on the tongue!
Morning walk, view towards Barnsley 7.35am. Autumnal chill in the air.
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Morning walk, view towards Barnsley 7.35am. Autumnal chill in the air.
How spoilt am I today! I’ve got the crusts of Mrs.N’s home made Madeira cake.
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How spoilt am I today! I’ve got the crusts of Mrs.N’s home made Madeira cake.
Mrs.N’s black bread in the making. Guinness is involved…
September 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Mrs.N’s black bread in the making. Guinness is involved…