Latest News in Northern Ireland

Public inquiry for Belfast City Airport expansion

Northern Ireland environment minister Edwin Poots has called for a public inquiry into plans by Belfast City Airport to extend its runway.

Go-ahead for Northern Ireland salt mine extension

A Northern Irish salt mine that provides road salt to the rest of the UK has been given planning permission to expand.

Belfast road inquiry called

A public inquiry has been announced over proposals to widen a stretch of the A55 Knock Road in east Belfast.

Planning Appeal Casebook

Ancillary retail allowed at trade park

An inspector has quashed enforcement notices directed against the sale of goods to the public from four units at a trading park in Hampshire but refused to allow a fifth because of the potential impact on a town centre.

In Depth

Pressing for partnership

Pressing for partnership

A parliamentary group says the next government should put planning reform on hold after its first year in power and take steps to minimise developers' planning bills, Jonathan Tilley finds.

Legal Report - Opposition ideas offer no quick fix on planning woe

The Conservatives' planning green paper, proposing a "radical reboot" of the system, has triggered responses which have been at best neutral and at worst vehemently critical.

Urban quality evaluator

Urban quality evaluator

Ben van Bruggen's record puts him in a strong position to advise Savills' clients on ways to secure design excellence at a crucial stage in planning major projects.

Country's Lifeblood

Country's Lifeblood

The government's rural champion is determined to tackle the deficiencies in housing, transport and technology that force young people out of rural communities.

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Opinion

John Gummer

John
Gummer

Gummer on ... Plan tensions set in balance

Whoever wins the election, local authorities will be strapped for cash for the foreseeable future.

Anthony Fyson

Anthony
Fyson

Fyson on ... Positive reviews of Labour's programmes ..

Positive reviews of Labour's programmes to close social gaps that justify continued support.

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Data Check

22,564,000Number of homes in England at 31 March 2009, an increase of 0.74 per cent on the previous year, according to the latest statistics from the DCLG.