15 h. ago Don't look up! Inside Cate Blanchett's never ending Cornwall saga after neighbour gets planning permission for TWO new mansions next door

EXCLUSIVE: Cornwall Council has given the go-ahead for the existing property on the site in Mawgan Porth to be demolished and replaced with two four-bedroom homes.

Events

36 h. ago We built a wheelchair ramp without planning permission and the council wants us to tear it down

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has ordered the couple to reverse the modifications, claiming they were carried out without permissions and harm the appearance of the village's area.

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67 h. ago Watchdog reveals concerns over damage from Callander pooch exercise park

The park is now subject to a retrospective planning permission application - but has been criticised by NatureScot after a visit late last year.

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3 d. ago All the Brockwell Park music festivals and events still going ahead this month

Despite a recent High Court ruling throwing a wrench in Brockwell Live's planning permissions, the company's Summer Festival Series is set to continue as scheduled, starting from May 23

Culture

4 d. ago London house just 6ft WIDE is going up for auction for £140,000

The property has been used as a ceramics workshop and could, subject to planning permission, be redeveloped into a new business or home.

Economics

5 d. ago Neighbour who built a detached house on his driveway without permission finally makes it into a garage after six year planning row

The home was built in Highgate, Birmingham, leaving council chiefs stunned. It sparked a lengthy planning row - with the property now converted into a garage,

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1 week ago Green light for extension plan at Ayrshire village community hub

Representatives of the hub previously lodged a planning application, seeking permission for the works.

Events

1 week ago Controversial hotel approved in St Ives despite fierce local opposition

Cornwall Council had originally refused planning permission for the 90-room Premier Inn at St Ives last year.

Politics

1 week ago Owner of listed £8.5million Mayfair townhouse ordered to destroy luxury basement housing gym, sauna and cinema room after it was built despite planning permission being refused

The extensive alterations house a gym, sauna and cinema room beneath the historic property, which was built in 1729 and is very close to Hyde Park.

Economics

1 week ago Scots knitwear giant closes in on welcome return to Ayr High Street

Planning permission has been granted under delegated powers for the firm to erect signage across the road from its previous base.

Politics

1 week ago Bid to increase height of turbines at two Dumfries and Galloway windfarms

Energiekontor lodged its bid to change the Fell Hill scheme just days after being granted an extension to existing planning permission.

Politics

1 week ago An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones

With his brilliant mind and impeccable credentials, it’s little wonder that wealthy clients trusted him with their fortunes. Then they started to get suspiciousEwan McKay is a quiet, trusting man with a lifelong passion for golf. Growing up in the 1950s in Angus, a windswept county on Scotland’s east coast, he found the sport a perfect outlet: a shared activity that reduced the pressures of socialising. Later, as an adult, golfing allowed him to rub shoulders with wealthy farmers who became useful contacts for his expanding business, selling Scottish seed potatoes to English farms. Once he sold that business, McKay had enough money to follow his dreams and create a course of his own.In 2002, McKay bought a plot of land in St Andrews and secured planning permission for a golf course and private members’ club. But two years later, he received an offer of £20m to buy the land. “It was the kind of sum you couldn’t turn down,” he recalled. He made a profit of £13m from the sale, and whil...

Society

2 w. ago Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’Hundreds of leading figures and organisations in the UK’s creative industries, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen and the Royal Shakespeare Company, have urged the prime minister to protect artists’ copyright and not “give our work away” at the behest of big tech.In an open letter to Keir Starmer, a host of major artists claim creatives’ livelihoods are under threat as wrangling continues over a government plan to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Owner of luxury Welsh Airbnb blighted by partying 'rowdy visitors' told to turn it back into a home

The owner of a luxury converted barn, refused retrospective planning permission, has a month to submit an appeal or face returning the property to its original use.

Society

2 w. ago Plans submitted for Paisley commercial development with drive

Application for planning permission lodged for the project earmarked for a site to the north of St James Avenue.

Politics

2 w. ago Plans approved for multiple occupancy flat above former Ayr pub

Plans were previously lodged with South Ayrshire Council, seeking permission for a change of use to the first floor of the property on 61 High Street.

Events

2 w. ago Producer Giles Martin says Government must do more to ‘protect artists’ from AI

Industry leaders gathered in London to call on the Government to scrap plans that would allow AI firms to use creative content without permission.

Politics

2 w. ago Son of Beatles legend George Harrison wins bid to develop his late father's sprawling country estate

Dhani Harrison, 46, son of Beatles legend George Harrison has won planning permission to develop his late father's Grade II-listed estate, Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.

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2 w. ago 'Smash burger' van forced to shut down after council tells owner it's too close to primary school

Co-owners Sam Carroll and Aaron Millar lost their bid for planning permission to house Smokies, their smash burger takeaway trailer, on the car park of Dunkirk Hall pub in Leyland, Lancashire.

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2 w. ago The Marram Collection officially breaks ground on St. Andrews Hotel development

The Marram Collection has today announced that planning permission has been granted, and above-ground works will now commence on its property in St Andrews. The Ardgowan Hotel is set to be transformed into a luxury boutique hotel, just a stone’s throw from The Old Course.

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