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A report that an airport faces enforcement action from a local authority for falling foul of planning rules by running more than the allowed number of night-time flights leads our roundup of planning news in other media ..read more
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A new framework that identifies 67 proposed infrastructure projects across the capital - including extensions to the Bakerloo and Elizabeth underground lines - in an effort to attract private sector and central government investment has been launched by London’s 32 councils ..read more
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The government is to consult on making it easier to convert “redundant agricultural buildings” into homes and has announced £2.5 million of funding for a new network of “rural housing enablers” to act as “honest brokers” between developers and communities ..read more
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A report that the government has called in Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans for a “mega prison” in “Shakespeare country” leads our round-up of planning news in other media ..read more
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A city council’s planning committee has unanimously refused permission for the 850-home redevelopment of a failing shopping centre due to concerns about over-density, overturning an officer’s recommendation to approve the scheme ..read more
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A report that 44 affordable homes will be built on the green belt following an appeal verdict leads our round-up of planning news in other media ..read more
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A planning chairman has been suspended from his committee for three months after a local authority panel found that he improperly used his position to block a contentious planning application in his ward and his conduct could “be regarded as having brought the council into disrepute ..read more
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Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has called for the creation of a new development corporation covering the Thames Estuary area with planning and land acquisition powers ..read more
Court orders landowner and contractors to pay out £255,000 over illegal felling of hundreds of trees
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A council’s enforcement officers have secured a quarter of a million pound judgment against a landowner and his contractors after they illegally felled more than 270 protected trees in north London ..read more
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The government is to consult on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to make local planning authorities "pay particular regard to R&D needs", and will update planning guidance to ensure councils "take fuller account of the commercial land needs of businesses and better plan for inward and high value investment", it has been announced ..read more