A permission for housing on green belt land in Surrey has been quashed after the council accepted that it failed to consider its policies on protecting a river corridor.

A proposed solar energy park in Lincolnshire has been approved after “very great positive weight” was given to the need for additional renewable energy development.

A planning consultant and campaigner for greater diversity in the profession has been inaugurated as the new president of the ...

The government has confirmed plans to remove the requirement for housing and infrastructure developers to secure site-specific environmental improvements in order to get planning permission and ...

Outline plans for forty houses on the site of a farm complex allocated for housing on the edge of a large village in Devon have been rejected due to unsafe pedestrian links to the village centre.

A county council's application to build a new dual carriageway over woodland that the government's nature conservation agency says is home to a “super bat colony” has been withdrawn after the ...

A proposal to amend approved plans for a six to eight-storey block of flats in a London borough failed when an inspector ruled that creation of a rooftop community amenity space incorporating a ...

A report that a petrol station has continued to operate despite a council planning enforcement notice issued over road safety ...

EXCLUSIVE: An allegation of bribery in relation to a local authority’s planning decisions was prompted by a letter from an ...

The government needs to address perceptions of “corruption” within the sector, says our columnist. He advises that there ...

An inspector has upheld a developer’s appeal to build up to 145 homes in the open countryside, after it emerged that the local authority's housing land supply had dropped by 41 per cent following a ...