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Ministers need to go further to protect the green belt, countryside campaigners urge 27 Aug 2013 | 05:29 pm
Planning policy on the green belt needs clarifying to protect it from over-development, according to lobby group the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
Go-ahead for 1,500-home Cairngorms development 27 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
The Cairngorms National Park Authority has resolved to grant planning permission for a 1,500-home development near Aviemore, despite ongoing legal action which could potentially derail the proposals.
Plans submitted for 3,500 Scunthorpe homes 23 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm
An outline application to build 3,500 new homes on a river plain on the edge of Scunthorpe has been submitted to North Lincolnshire Council.
Ministers block Scottish waste plant on environmental grounds 23 Aug 2013 | 04:59 pm
Outline permission for a recycling centre and an energy from waste plant in south east Scotland has been refused by Scottish ministers after an reporter ruled that concerns over the scheme's environme...
Retail-to-homes plan is 'threat' to shops in use 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
New proposals to allow shops to be converted into homes without the need for planning permission would apply to retail units in active use and could 'decimate' small traders, experts have warned.
Figures show post-NPPF rise in green belt appeal success 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
There has been a slight increase in the proportion of appeals against decisions on all types of development in the green belt that have been successful since the National Planning Policy Framework (NP...
Consultation reveals barn conversions to face local plan test under proposed new freedoms 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Applicants seeking to use proposed new planning freedoms to allow agricultural buildings to be converted to homes without the need for planning permission would be required to demonstrate that their p...
Planning registration deadline extended 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The deadline for Royal Town Planning Institute members to register to receive free copies of Planning until the end of 2013 has been extended to 31 August.
Sutton incinerator approved by mayor's office 22 Aug 2013 | 05:11 pm
An energy from waste facility in south London has been given the green light by the mayor's office after it ruled that 'very special circumstances' had been demonstrated to allow the use of open land ...
Figures show little progress in reducing unimplemented permissions backlog 22 Aug 2013 | 04:13 pm
The number of homes in England which have been granted planning permission but have not yet been built dropped by only 6,000 in the past year, the Local Government Association (LGA) has claimed.
