And it’s the outcome of such applications which could decide the fate of Labour’s pledge and will be watched intently by developers across the country. Simon Rix, planning consultant and director at ...

Today, the government will lay out its controversial plan to tackle the housing crisis by forcing councils to prioritise house-building on "ugly" parts of green-belt land. Deputy prime minister Angela ...

Plans to build more than a dozen homes across two sites in rural Chorley have been kicked out by councillors amid a wrangle over the difference between green belt and grey belt. A total of 17 ...