Ambitious national housing target supports urban expansion A major urban expansion was granted permission on the edge of a Sussex market town, an inspector concluding that the council had placed too ...

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 ...

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.

An appellants’ viability claim has failed to dislodge affordable housing requirements being imposed on an office and residential development in north London.

The harmful effects of a gypsy site on a national landscape have been judged to be outweighed by an unmet need and lack of alternative sites.

The need for an 86-home development in Devon has been held to outweigh its failure to pass the flood sequential text. Our subscription is packed with exclusive features, detailed insights, and expert ...

Accessibility concerns have been overruled in allowing an 800-home urban extension on the edge of a West Sussex town. Our subscription is packed with exclusive features, detailed insights, and expert ...

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.

The councils that used the most extension of time agreements in 2024/25 One authority in the East Midlands used more extension of time (EOT) agreements in more than 80 per cent of its decisions in the ...

The government wants to scrap all two-tier council areas as part of a major reorganisation of local government. Planning investigates what impact the impending changes are having on local authority ...

The planning minister has revealed that the government’s delayed viability guidance will be published “as soon as possible ...

A land promoter’s outline plans for up to 77 homes in a protected national landscape have been allowed by an inspector after ...