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    England round-up: SPDs consultation | Pub protection | Offshore wind farm DCO

    Wales round-up: Torfaen solar farm | Former power station plans | Rhyl affordable homes

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    Scotland round-up: Rosyth Dockyard building | Court wind farm findings | University digital hub

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    Northern Ireland round-up: DAERA backlog | Gilford housing goes ahead | Larne homes

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    Ireland round-up: Tipperary scheme permitted | High-rise apartments | Wexford advanced tech building

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    Appeals round-up: Housing shortfalls | Affordable housing need | Large solar farm

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    Solar farm on Welsh green belt given go-ahead

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    Legal briefs: Wind farm overturned | Royal Mint discontinuation | Warehouse judicial review

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