Bellway hails planning changes as councils get £68m for brownfield homes
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Labour push for growth spurs Sky appeal against block on film studios expansion
Government housing targets unrealistic and unfair, English councils warn
Angela Rayner reconsiders rejected application for Marlow film studio
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Labour’s planning policy changes are welcome, but won’t deliver enough homes
Angela Rayner hints at major social housing announcement
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Labour conference: No 10 braced for potential defeat on winter fuel allowance vote as trade unions set to back motion – as it happened
‘Horrendous’: rise in tourism stokes local tensions in Lake District town
Loch Lomond Flamingo Land plan rejected after fierce opposition
Fewer than one in five UK voters are ‘hard nimbys’, finds survey
‘The moment has come’: pro-building Labour yimbys are set to raise the roof
Low-carbon homes can save £1,341 in bills and should be compulsory, study shows
Warning: countryside at risk. Ministers are pulling a fast one over the threat to pristine green-belt land
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UK film studio developers to appeal against rejection of £750m project
Move by Hollywood-backed Marlow Film Studios seen as test of Labour’s push to prioritise economic growth
Splashing in the Seine, diving in the Danube: the drive to make cities swimmable
Campaigners and architects around the world are turning previously polluted rivers and harbours into the perfect places for a refreshing dip. So will we soon be swimming to work?
Angela Rayner told new towns plan risks missing England housing targets
Exclusive: Centre for Cities analysis shows more new towns would have to be built than ever before to dent 1.5m target