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Planning permission has been granted for the development of 18 affordable homes in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, on the former site of a retirement complex demolished in 2022.
The London Borough of Lambeth has launched a growth masterplan that has been designed to bring more than 20,000 jobs and 10,000 new homes to the borough over the next 10 years.
Planning permission has been granted for the development of a new civic centre in Newry, Northern Ireland. A judge has ruled that the A5 dual carriageway scheme, approved by Stormont ministers in 2024 ...
There were 49,511 planning applications submitted through the Planning Portal during June 2025, a 10 per cent increase compared with June 2024.
Ireland is considering the possibility of introducing new measures to accelerate the delivery of national infrastructure.
Environmental charities and industry leaders have exhorted the government to ‘build on’ the biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy’s early success.
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has rescinded the safeguarding directions for the scrapped Phase 2b Eastern Leg of HS2, which would have run between the West Midlands and Leeds.
Fusion will be introduced into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regime as the government seeks to boost the number of skilled jobs and meet its ‘clean energy superpower’ ...
Swindon Borough Council’s cabinet has agreed that the regulation 18 consultation for its local plan will begin on 1 September.
The proposed redevelopment of the Old Forge site in South London into retail and residential units has been refused because of its ‘significant and long-lasting’ harm to the site’s historic value.
Leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has made Sir James Cleverly her shadow housing secretary as part of a reshuffle of her top team.
The government has tabled amendments to its planning and infrastructure bill to strengthen the overall improvement test, which the secretary of state must consider before making an Environmental ...