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Come up with a plan to build or we'll do it for you, David Cameron tells...

Government will step in unless local authorities agree on where to build thousands of new homes by 2017, the Prime Minister will warn

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Sir Ted Heath's former private secretary charged with village green attack

Tory councillor Robert Vaudry is involved in a bitter planning dispute with neighbours and claims he has been subject to abuse

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Arrest warrant for farmer who refused to knock down castle hidden behind...

High Court judge orders arrest when Robert Fidler fails to attend hearing over home he built on Surrey farm without planning permission

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Monsoon owner's mega-basement angers neighbours

The owner of Monsoon and Accessorize plans to knock five houses into one in order to build a palatial family home on his Chelsea street, despite the anger of neighbours

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Tens of thousands of new homes in greenfield areas to get automatic planning...

Ministers quietly expand scope of 'planning in principle' power from brownfield sites to areas earmarked for development in local plans

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Rural communities facing 'death by a thousand cuts' from inappropriate...

In a plea to councils, Alec Shelbrooke said: 'Don't give us death by a thousand cuts when you are adding and doubling the size of villages in the area with absolutely no infrastructure improvements'

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Megacities will save mankind, not doom it

Today's cities might seem gridlocked by traffic and chocking in air pollution, but urban planning might actually be our only hope

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Heathrow protest blockades tunnel leading to airport causing travel chaos

Five people arrested after airport expansion activists block off a tunnel leading to terminals 1,2 and 3 causing long tailbacks

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Thousands of new homes on Green Belt in biggest shake-up for 30 years

Councils will be allowed 'to allocate appropriate small-scale sites in the Green Belt specifically for starter homes', which are designed for young families

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Sly tinkering over the Green Belt

Telegraph View: Ministers' attempts to allow more building in the countryside will disappoint many of their loyal supporters. They should think again

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David Cameron has abandoned plans for a third runway at Heathrow, senior...

Zac Goldsmith hinted that the prime minister has decided against expanding Heathrow amid concerns about a legal challenge on environmental grounds

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Developers can circumvent planning departments that take too long to clear...

Planning minister Brandon Lewis said this would 'test the benefits of introducing competition' while local authorities will still make decisions on the applications

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Councils demand the power to tax developers who sit on land and block...

The Local Government Association said councils should have the power to charge big companies that sit on sites with planning permission

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Queen's niece stops plans for neighbour's "alarming" iceberg basement

Lady Sarah Chatto successfully appealed against a planning application to build what she said was a "poorly conceived" basement

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Reward developers which build more homes for the elderly, peers tell Government

The peers on the select committee on National Policy for the Built Environment said creating more homes for pensioners would free up billions of pounds-worth of large homes for young families

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Couple shocked to realise idyllic Wiltshire countryside home set to be...

Pair unaware of 'mini town' that is set to encompass their detached cottage currently in miles of fields in Wiltshire until passer-by mentioned project

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Plans for 'generous' staff quarters at listed estate attract criticism

James Hogg has applied for permission to build two cottages for staff in the grounds of Wherwell Priory

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Film director's treehouse sparks neighbourhood war in Notting Hill

Residents in the upmarket area of west London campaign for and against 14ft structure Jasmine Dellal built for her four-year-old

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Tycoon given go-ahead for iceberg basement with banqueting hall, salt grotto...

Star Wars bubble bath businessman's redevelopment of £15 million mansion includes 200ft-long basement the length of seven London buses

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Couple win £38,000 payout after council refuses to chop down tree which...

Bill and Mary Nicholson were awarded compensation after the Cedar tree's roots caused serious damage to their semi-detached £400,000 property

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