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 for 200 new homes have been submitted for a Derbyshire village in the protected Green Belt – but developers claim their chosen plot is ‘grey belt’. The project, from Wheeldon Brothers, would see ...

Last year, as part of Labour’s draft housing manifesto, Starmer said the party would support the delivery of housing on specific areas of green belt land, such as disused car parks, which has been ...