Huw Morris

Plans to change agricultural and commercial land in the green belt at Woking into five football pitches have been dismissed for encroaching on the countryside while contravening local and national policy.

Planning permission has been granted for a telecommunications tower and antennae in an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) near Harrogate after an inspector decided that the proposal would bring considerable benefits to the public.

South Cambridgeshire District Council is urging the government to withdraw a best value notice issued over its four-day week policy, which had delivered major improvements to the planning service.

Official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

A major upgrade to a notorious junction on the A34 between Abingdon and Oxford has secured planning approval although a £13 million funding gap remains to be plugged.

Official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Six out of 10 people would ‘think less’ of their MP if they campaigned against the development of a local solar farm, according to a poll.

Plans for a major redevelopment and new community on the site of the former Ironbridge Power Station have been granted outline planning permission.

Outline permission granted for Ironbridge power station site  The Planner

Official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Power to the people? How planning reform could push decision-making to communities  The Planner