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A developer has said it will submit outline plans for homes, offices and green space on a former docklands site later this ...
A NPPF paragraph 84 e) self-build dwelling acknowledged to be a unique design was nonetheless rejected by an inspector who found potential harm to a protected species.
The planning minister has revealed that the government’s delayed viability guidance will be published “as soon as possible ...
Retrospective permission for a large TV screen facing the car park at the rear of a pub close to a famous Merseyside football stadium has been denied by an inspector despite recognising the legendary ...
A judge has dismissed an effort by countryside campaigners to overturn a ministerial consent for a 165-home development in an ...
An inspector has upheld a developer’s appeal to build up to 50 homes on an unallocated site in the open countryside, after ...
A land promoter’s outline plans for up to 77 homes in a protected national landscape have been allowed by an inspector after ...
The number of inspectors working for the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has increased by ten in the last financial year, but ...
The government’s decision to axe financial support for neighbourhood planning is a “slap in the face” for communities and ...
A 100MW battery energy storage system has been permitted to locate within the green belt around a historic Yorkshire city despite a finding that the site did not comprise grey belt land.
A Labour MP and high-profile opponent of the nature recovery measures in the government Planning and Infrastructure Bill, ...
The evidence of need for a retirement care village in Lancashire has been judged to be insufficient to justify outweigh locational policy conflict arising from the proposal.