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Caerphilly councillors vote to block 618-home scheme

16.08.2019

Roger Milne

Caerphilly | Cymru | greenfield | Housing

Members of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s planning committee have voted against proposals for a development of up to 618 new homes, 40 per cent of which would be affordable. Their unanimous stance went against the advice of officials.

Appeal: World heritage site concerns halt Derbyshire factory expansion

12.10.2018

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has blocked major plans for the expansion of a Derbyshire boiler factory plus additional housing and office space, citing harm to the nearby Derwent Valley Mills world heritage site....

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Brownfield registers don’t consider small sites – CPRE

12.12.2017

Laura Edgar

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has said brownfield land registers are failing to record the small plots that could deliver an extra 188,734 homes across the country.

Report: Brownfield sites alone cannot solve housing crisis

11.12.2017

Laura Edgar

brownfield | brownfield register | England | greenfield | Housing

Greenfield sites will be necessary if enough homes are to be delivered to meet demand, the authors of a new study have said.

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Hammond wants to build on green belt land

30.10.2017

Laura Edgar

Chancellor Philip Hammond wants to use this year’s Budget to free up green belt land for housing, but Prime Minister Theresa May is resisting his calls.

Final lap for new draft local development plan for Dundee

31.08.2017

Roger Milne

Dundee City Council has published its latest draft local development plan for a final round of comments before submission to the Scottish Government.

Appeal: 21-home ‘garden village’ scheme is ‘simply not necessary’

05.07.2017

An inspector has refused plans for a 21-home ‘garden village’ near Winchester, saying there was no need to build on greenfield land as the recently adopted local plan allocates enough sites to...

Appeal: ‘Limited visual harm’ sees Barnstaple homes approved

09.01.2017

Martha Harris

Cavanna Homes (South West) has won permission to develop 61 homes in Bickington, Barnstaple, after the inspector decided that the benefits of the homes outweighed the limited impact upon the character and...

England round-up: Simplify plan-making to make NPPF work, says NPPF; Larger schemes take twice as long to decide, research suggests

11.11.2016

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 5 November - 11 November, 2016

RTPI: Greenfield and green belts can help provide homes

10.11.2016

Laura Edgar

Greenfield sites in England, including green belt sites, need to be considered alongside brownfield land as locations for new housing, the RTPI has said.

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