If the government is to meet its planning, housing and infrastructure goals, local planning authorities must have a chief ...

Bristol High Court has ruled that the owner of a woodland knowingly breached a High Court injunction requiring him to remove ...

A flagship policy to boost nature recovery from development has failed in the year since its launch, according to latest ...

Scarce water resources could block the building of more than 60,000 homes in the east and south east of England and cost the ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is overhauling planning restrictions to allow small modular nuclear reactors to be built ...

Deputy prime minister and local government secretary Angela Rayner has announced the six areas that will join the ...

The government has unveiled a £2.65 billion programme for flood defences to protect homes and businesses from the growing ...

Stalled housing sites and, separately, the arrival of the masterplan consent areas (MCAs) regime are both highlighted in the ...

Proposals for a new four-platform mainline train station at St Mellons in Cardiff alongside an major business park have been ...

The grey belt policy announced by the government in its proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) ...

Expanding three major airports in the South East will ‘wipe out’ any benefits from government policies to encourage clean ...

Sickness linked to poor-quality housing is estimated to cost the nation £18.5 billion a year and disproportionately affects those on low incomes and in social housing. Katie Mulkowsky asks how ...