planning

EXCLUSIVE: Friends of the Earth writes to Communities Secretary Sajid Javid to warn approval for new open cast coal mine would be "entirely at odds with government's coal phase-out policy"

County council grants temporary permission to fracking firm Cuadrilla for shale gas exploration in Balcombe, despite thousands of objections from local residents

Survey finds 62 per cent would not be happy living near the small modular reactors backed by government and industry

Autonomous vehicles have many benefits, but they may be bad news for nature conservation

Research led by Town and Country Planning Association claims most new local plans in England not adequately addressing emissions or adaptation

Heathrow expansion faces host of potential legal challenges on air quality, noise and climate - Is Boris Johnson right, is a third runway undeliverable?

Letter on behalf of Communities Secretary Sajid Javid requests information on 'extent to which the proposed development is consistent with government policies for meeting the challenge of climate change'

Earthworm Energy's plans to construct 15,000 PV panels near Calverton in Gedling secures planning permission

It could be regional centres - rather than national government - that lead the way on low-carbon development, suggests Ashden's Simon Brammer

Former DCLG Secretary, who gained notoriety for intervening in unprecedented numbers of planning applications for wind farms, champions growth of wind and solar in the UK