Rural

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....

An inspector has approved plans for 40 homes in a national landscape character area near the proposed HS2 route through Buckinghamshire, noting the ‘considerable physical changes’ it would bring to the area...

A reporter has overturned Orkney Council’s decision to block plans for two wind farms on the island, citing their contribution towards the case for a new electricity interconnector link to mainland Scotland...