Development Management & Enforcement

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has branded latest annual planning performance statistics which reveal a 17-week increase in the average decision time for major housing developments as 'unacceptable'.

The government should pause any further extensions of permitted development rights (PDRs) for change of use to residential and review their role in the wider planning system, an influential group of MPs has argued.

Uttlesford District Council is accusing the Planning Inspectorate (PINs) of "a serious failure to understand" climate change policy with its approval of Stansted Airport’s expansion, according to legal papers lodged in the High Court.

A judicial review brought by a parent of a child at a special educational needs school in Ramsgate has led to the High Court ordering Thanet District Council to quash planning permission for homes overlooking the school playground.