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
View ArticleSir 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
View ArticleArrest 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
View ArticleMonsoon 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
View ArticleTens 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
View ArticleRural 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'
View ArticleMegacities 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
View ArticleHeathrow 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
View ArticleThousands 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
View ArticleSly 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
View ArticleDavid 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
View ArticleDevelopers 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
View ArticleCouncils 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
View ArticleQueen'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
View ArticleReward 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
View ArticleCouple 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
View ArticlePlans 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
View ArticleFilm 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
View ArticleTycoon 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
View ArticleCouple 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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