EXCLUSIVE: Ministers had pledged to consult on the proposed suite of national development management policies in the spring ...

The High Court has ordered a council to pay £17,500 in costs to a claimant and to reconsider whether to take enforcement ...

A report that an application has been submitted to build 2,000 homes on a green belt site in Surrey that the developer claims ...

The government's updated water resources infrastructure national policy statement (NPS) has clarified that where projects are set out in water companies' approved resource management plans and are ...

A planning consultancy has appointed a new director from a rival firm who is among five recruits to the company. If you haven ...

The number of inspectors working for the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has increased by ten in the last financial year, but ...

A report that council members have unanimously rejected a 300-home scheme on an allocated site amid fears over sewage ...

A court has ordered a property management firm to pay out more than £37,000 after it failed to comply with a planning ...

A planning inspector has allowed a developer’s appeal for 800 homes on an unallocated site on greenfield land, citing the ...

The government published its English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill last week (10 July). Below, we summarise the ...

A council should “fundamentally overhaul” its planning committee, a review by a local government advisory body has recommended, after finding that it was being “perceived” as “operating with undue ...

A report suggesting London’s empty office blocks could become night-life party zones leads our round-up of planning news in ...