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The energy secretary has granted a development consent order for a power plant in Berkshire to expand its capacity, ascribing “substantially positive” weight to the national need for the project ..read more
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An Essex council has resolved to approve a 3,700-home development on 226 hectares of former green belt land - 85 per cent of the dwellings for a proposed new garden village - despite uncertainty as to whether the affordable housing level will meet that required by local planning policy ..read more
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A council that changed political control in this year's local elections has said it is seeking legal advice after the housing minister made a "dramatic 11th hour intervention" to prevent it from withdrawing its development plan review from examination - the second such government direction in the past three months ..read more
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A report that a city council's Labour group has announced it is not going to attend planning committee meetings "until further notice" over alleged "racial and religious abuse" directed towards one of its members leads our round-up of news in other media ..read more
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The High Court has dismissed a challenge to the adoption this year of part of a Surrey council’s local plan ..read more
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Developers should prioritise onsite improvements in plant and animal life over offsite gains, draft government guidance on imminent biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements indicates, as well as offering builders flexibility to meet the target by completion of the overall development, rather than at the end of every phase ..read more
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The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has confirmed that new housing minister Lee Rowley is responsible for planning, including “overall reform” of the system ..read more
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A report that a judge has instructed a county council to adopt a local plan it has twice refused to adopt, to the chagrin of developers, leads our round-up of news in other media ..read more
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The High Court has dismissed a challenge to the adoption this year of part of a Surrey council’s local plan ..read more
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According to insiders, the chancellor’s proposed “premium” planning service is likely to involve a more formal version of planning performance agreements that all councils would have to offer and would be limited to large regeneration schemes. But there are concerns that it could lead to a two-tier system ..read more