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Majority of HS2 route confirmed
17th November, 2016
Government announces the preferred route for phase two of HS2 to the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester…
New £18m housing fund unveiled as more zones and a Kent garden town are named
17th November, 2016
Barwell announces funding to speed up house building on large sites and provide thousands of new homes in garden towns...
Hampshire homes blocked because of ‘gap’ conflict
17th November, 2016
Communities Secretary dismisses plans for up to 225 homes and a care home on a greenfield site in Hampshire due to environmental and social risks…
Starter homes key to green light for Wolverhampton development
17th November, 2016
City Council grants approval for the first phase of development at the former Royal Hospital in Wolverhampton with 146 new dwellings planned on the 12.5 acres of land…
Dorset local plan ‘paused’ over increased housing provision row
17th November, 2016
Purbeck District Council has put it's local plan review on hold whilst it evaluates concern over the implications of including an extra 3,080 new homes in the district...
Planning round-up 17 November 2016
17th November, 2016
New figures show scale of offices to residential activity. Success for Staffordshire housing scheme second time round. Video conferencing mooted for combined and joint committees. And more stories...
Ministers warned over latest reforms to pre-commencement conditions
10th November, 2016
The British Property Federation and the Planning Officers Society have advised that current legislative proposals set out in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill do not allow enough flexibility...
Campaign to Protect Rural England claims sufficient brownfield sites are available for over 1.1m new homes
10th November, 2016
New research incorporating data from the brownfield register, calculates that suitable brownfield sites can provide between 1.1 and 1.4 million new homes across England…
Government rejects call by peers for built environment specialist
10th November, 2016
The National Policy for the Built Environment Committee's recommendation for the creation of a Chief Built Environment Adviser has been refused by the government…