Inspectors have found an authority’s plan to be sound subject to a 9.5 per cent increase in its housing requirement over the ...

An inspector has upheld a developer’s appeal to build up to 50 homes on an unallocated site in the open countryside, after ...

The deputy prime minister has told MPs she is “confident” the government can build 1.5 million homes this parliament, but has ...

A council should “fundamentally overhaul” its planning committee, a review by a local government advisory body has ...

A report that a council is proposing restricting the number of public speakers on applications at planning committees to ...

In a recovered appeal the secretary of state has agreed with her inspector's recommendation and granted outline permission for the redevelopment of a former landfill site to comprise a data centre ...

Energy secretary Ed Miliband has granted a development consent order (DCO) for a 96-turbine wind farm off the Welsh coast, in ...

A local authority has proposed redefining four villages as towns in order to “maintain the integrity of the borough’s green ...

The planning minister Matthew Pennycook has allowed a land promoter's appeal over plans for a 1,200-home scheme on farming ...

Report from the Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee says National Policy Statements need amending to reflect the ...

Applicant describes refusal for prominent brownfield city centre scheme against officers’ recommendations, due to concerns ...

A planning committee chairman has been removed from his committee after a council probe found that he created the “perception ...