heritage

An inspector has approved a scout group’s plans for a new headquarters on green belt land within a conservation area, commenting that the Covid-19 pandemic had ‘heightened awareness’ of the need for social,...

Plans for a 35MW solar park that would power 10,500 homes have been blocked by an inspector, who found the scheme would unacceptably harm the adjacent site of the Battle of Bosworth Field, the final battle...

Robert Jenrick’s proposed new measures to prevent removal of any historic unlisted statue, plaque, memorial or monument without planning permission don’t stand up too well to scrutiny, finds John Hunter...

A delicatessen’s plans to alter its frontage to improve wheelchair access can go ahead after an inspector decided that the scheme’s accessibility benefits outweighed the ‘less than substantial’ harm to the...