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The rebellion within the Conservative Party against government proposals to reform the planning system is mounting, with research showing that most Tory MPs oppose the changes.
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10.06.2014Highland Council's north planning committee voted yesterday (Monday) to reject plans for a 47-turbine wind farm on peatland at Strathy South to a public inquiry, despite planners recommending the development.
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09.06.2014Welsh planning minister Carl Sargeant has confirmed that the principality’s administration wants to follow the Scottish model where responsibility for planning decisions for all sizes of energy schemes rests with local and national politicians north of the border.
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09.06.2014Development Management & Enforcement | Draft Planning Policy Statement 22 | Housing | Infrastructure | Northern Ireland | UKThe Northern Ireland executive has proposed a new regime which would involve developers of new housing schemes for the first time providing an element of social housing.
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09.06.2014A far-reaching overhaul of local government has taken effect in the Republic of Ireland which has significant implications for planning.
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09.06.2014The Scottish government has formally announced it will introduce land reform legislation.
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The Hills at Charlesworth Sustainability Plaza in Edmonton, Canada, is this year’s winner of the RTPI’s International Award for Planning Excellence. Huw Morris looks at the scheme
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Can the permitted development right to convert offices into housing create functioning communities? Here’s what RTPI student research award-winner Jacob George found when he surveyed the sociaL impacts of permitted development in Newcastle upon tyne
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Planners have an important part to play in conserving the best of the past in our built environment. But even historic buildings must be allowed to remain vital in the present, Chris Miele tells Simon Wicks
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