planning

Budget expected to extend popular grant scheme through to 2030, as government prepares consultation on pay-per-mile EV tax proposals

Government announces new plan to fast track housing near commuter stations, including on Green Belt land

Agency claims new corporate strategy will help boost investment in nature-based solutions and deliver on economic growth and nature recovery goals

Solar farms have been dragged into the culture wars, but is it possible for policymakers to map out a route towards a truce?

Government continues its controversial drive to streamline planning and permitting rules, with new move to exempt projects from environmental permits

Ministers claim amendments to Planning and Infrastructure Bill will accelerate clean energy and housing development, but reforms face resistance from some green groups

Government to green light plans that would allow airport to host an additional 100,000 flights a year

Defra builds on proposals from Corry Review with new consultation on how to fast-track environmental permitting processes for the industrial and energy sectors

Marc Hudson at the University of Sussex explores why wind farms are the subject of such controversy, even when they continue to command support from the vast majority of the public

Microgeneration records are being toppled and now larger projects are enjoying a wave of planning approvals - are the UK's ambitious clean power plans starting to be realised?