East Midlands

An overview of planning in the East Midlands, looking at key planning themes, regional data, local plans and RTPI activities in the region.

An inspector has refused plans for a rural exception development in Rutland, ruling that the appellant’s evidence of an identified need for affordable housing dating from 2007 was too old.

An inspector has approved plans for a grain store and associated hardstanding on green belt land south of Cambridge, ruling that the scheme was not harmful to green belt openness if considered as a whole....