While planning applications have risen, home building has lowered, new data suggests. Source link

Getty ImagesA string of demonstrations have been held outside The Bell Hotel in Epping this summer, including this protest in early AugustSome councils say they are still pursuing legal ...

Liv McMahon & Shiona McCallumTechnology reportersGetty ImagesThe manufacture of the tiny tech that powers billions of devices is under a microscope.US President Donald Trump has said he plans to ...

ReutersStevie Wonder was among the artists whose concert in Cardiff went ahead without planning permissionA series of concerts held in a popular park in Cardiff went ahead without planning ...

Esme StallardClimate and science correspondentGetty ImagesA key planning restriction that heat pumps need to be one metre from a neighbour's property has been lifted as the government seeks to ...

Three far-right extremists who amassed hundreds of weapons and planned to carry out attacks on targets including a mosque have been convicted of terrorism offences.Brogan Stewart, 25, from West ...

The number of housing projects granted planning permission in England in 2024 hit a record low, according to new government figures.Just over 30,000 projects - ranging from single homes ...

Getty ImagesThe government will be given the power to bypass council planning committees in England under plans to make it easier to build new homes.Officials will be allowed to ...

The number of housing projects given the go-ahead by councils in England reached a record low in the final months of the last government.Planning permission data for the year ...

6 hours agoBy Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, @nicktriggle • Jim Reed, Health reporter, BBC NewsPAThe failures and weaknesses in the UK's pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report ...

The boss of the world's most valuable pharmaceutical company has told the BBC that the UK's planning system puts companies off investing in the country.Dave Ricks, chief executive of ...

Labour has announced it would build more prisons by allowing ministers to bypass the traditional planning process, if it wins the general election.Under its plans, prisons would be designated ...