planning

Plan Bee founder and chief executive Warren Bader reveals why everyone from Boyzone to Balfour Beatty is embracing the bee-keeping craze

Government unveils proposals that would see systems up to 1MW approved automatically in most circumstances

Developer confirms High Court challenge as Communities Secretary rejects second RWE wind farm recommended by planning officials

West Sussex County Council throws out plans for exploratory drilling near Wisborough Green

Residents in South Downs National Park inform government they refuse permission for fracking beneath their land

Banks Renewables ditches Killington scheme ahead of public inquiry while Ecotricity fails to challenge government over Black Ditch project

Judge rules against Secretary of State over Lark Energy's Ellough solar park in Suffolk

Department of Energy and Climate Change says wind farm off the coast of East Anglia will drive £520m of investment and create around 2,900 jobs

RenewableUK says 40 wind farm projects have now been called in for review by Communities Secretary

Communities Secretary blocks a further two solar farm projects, fuelling fears of a war on renewables