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dreamstime.com This week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced  Extract , a powerful new AI tool set to transform the UK planning...

As the UK faces mounting pressure to accelerate housing delivery, one persistent bottleneck continues to frustrate developers and local...

dreamstime In a major step toward decarbonising home heating, the UK government has relaxed planning rules to make it easier for...

Smaller house builders are set to benefit from a major  planning shake-up  designed to speed up delivery, cut costs, and unlock finance....

The Government is preparing to launch a consultation on proposals that would allow planning officers to determine all applications...

After obtaining Prior Approval for the conversion of a former poultry unit to a four bedroom dwelling in Worcestershire last year, the...

Key Changes in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 1. Reforming Planning Committees A national delegation system will decide which...

Agricultural buildings can be converted to dwellings under the Class Q procedure. Other the fact that the Class Q Permitted Development...

The UK government has introduced a new framework for Green Belt planning, redefining how land is assessed and categorised for potential...

We have secured full planning consent for a new three-bedroom detached house on a previously redundant site in Northfield, Birmingham....

Coventry City Council is now consulting on the Coventry Local Plan (Regulation 19 – Proposed Submission Plan).   The Proposed Submission...

On 13th January, the Government tabled a statutory instrument that will increase the fees payable for a wide range of applications,...

Stratford-on-Avon District Council and Warwick District Council have given the go ahead for public consultation on the next stage of the...

Following on swiftly from the recent Regulation 19 consultation which closed in early November, Sandwell Council has confirmed that it...

Following on from the Council’s second Regulation 19 consultation earlier this year, South Staffordshire Council submitted their Local...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 12th...

We were delighted to have been invited to the grand opening of 2 new floodlit padel courts at Four Oaks Tennis and Padel Club in Sutton...

Following the well documented recent withdrawal of the Solihull Local Plan from Examination, the Council has now commenced the process...

We have received consent for our client’s Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust’s (MPFT) property in the town centre of...

Wolverhampton City Council is now consulting on the Wolverhampton Local Plan (Regulation 19 - Publication Plan).   Following the...