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A council’s members have approved hybrid plans to build up to 1,560 homes on 117 hectares of former green belt land in line ...
A report that energy secretary Ed Miliband has announced plans to relax planning rules around the construction of wind turbines on residential and commercial properties leads our daily round-up of ...
A council that changed political control in May has said it will withdraw a submission its previous administration sent to ...
A city council has complained that an allocation of up to 1,250 homes in its emerging local plan is “in limbo” as it pleads ...
Opposition to proposed national park designations across the UK, with concerns ranging from overtourism to the impact on ...
Many in the planning sector have given a warm welcome to the government’s injection of £39 billion for the affordable housing ...
Planning officers have recommended members reject deferred outline plans for up to 95 countryside homes just two months after ...
Many in the planning sector have given a warm welcome to the government’s injection of £3 ...
The Planning Inspectorate’s (PINS) annual report shows that the number of homes granted permission on appeal has jumped by 26 ...
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An inspector has allowed outline plans for up to 650 homes on unallocated greenfield land near a protected site, after finding that the scheme "would have an acceptable effect on biodiversity” subject ...
The chief executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) will step down from her role “later this year” after seven ...