12 h. ago Council blasted for letting city centre hotel house migrants unlawfully and approving plans that add rooms for more

A council is under fire after it emerged a Worcester city centre hotel is unlawfully housing asylum seekers - and has been granted planning permission to build extra 'hotel' guest rooms.

Society

16 h. ago Council facing ten million funding gap for plan to build new swimming pool

Pontardawe’s former swimming pool closed in August 2024

Economics

38 h. ago Residents angry over plans to build 'expensive' attraction on empty land

Local residents would prefer other leisure facilities to be brought to the area

Politics

5 d. ago The solar farm threat to Domesday villages... How some of England's most unspoilt and ancient communities face being encircled by thousands of ugly panels

An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has discovered that plans are in place to build large-scale solar farms right up to the boundaries of historic villages.

Events

6 d. ago Plans to build 100 homes on edge of Houston refused by Renfrewshire councillors

Miller Homes proposed the development for land next to Barochan Road.

Politics

1 week ago Hundreds attend bank holiday protest against major seaside redevelopment

Locals oppose plans to build 1,100 new homes on what they've described as 'prime spots' along the coast

Economics

2 w. ago Israeli envoy to UK hits back at criticism of new settlement plans: 'Wouldn't tell the British where to build in London'

Israeli envoy to UK hits back at criticism of new settlement plans: 'Wouldn't tell the British where to build in London'  The Times of Israel

Politics

2 w. ago Plans for tyre plant in Swansea opposed by nearly 1,000 people set to be rejected

A company hoped to build the new facility at an industrial park but the plans didn't go down well in the area

Politics

2 w. ago Billionaire inventor Sir James Dyson's plan to build helicopter pad on new estate infuriates locals who say it will spoil their 'little oasis' of calm

Billionaire inventor Sir James Dyson,78, has been accused of putting his own 'travelling convenience' ahead of protecting birds near his £25million Irish country estate.

Politics

2 w. ago Man who sold family home to HS2 for £1.2m discovers it was being used as cannabis farm

Alan Wilkinson, 85, bought Ravenswood in Staffordshire during the late 1970s and settled there with his wife Gillian but moved out when HS2 planned to build a tunnel under his hillside village.

Society

2 w. ago The US plans to build a $750M fly factory in Texas to stop a flesh

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies to ramp up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots now in Mexico from damaging the American cattle industry

Politics

2 w. ago Demolition work starts on old Chapelhall Senior Citizens Centre to make space for new community hub

Project is being led by the Chapelhall Community Development Group, who plan to build a new two-storey centre that will offer activities and services based on local needs.

Politics

3 w. ago Edge of Crewe set to be transformed as plans proceed to build 660 homes

Work will start on the 109-acre site in 2026

Politics

3 w. ago Four sisters' plan to build four houses next to each other labelled 'bonkers'

Members of Ceredigion Council's development management committee are expected to turn down an application for four affordable dwellings in Cardigan

Politics

3 w. ago Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy's mainland

Thousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily

Politics

3 w. ago Angry Fife residents hold fourth street protest amid 'beast out' chants

Dozens of extra police officers were drafted in after cops were attacked at a similar protest last weekend.

Events

3 w. ago Rita Ora 'locked in bitter row with neighbours over plans to build high

Rita Ora is reportedly embroiled in a bitter dispute with her neighbours over plans to build a state-of-the-art gym in the garden of her £7.5million Grade II-listed North London home. 

Politics

3 w. ago Amsterdam nightclub scheme becomes flashpoint in Dutch city planning rows

Heritage concerns overruled as developers say planning approvals too slow in nation aiming to build 1m more homesAmsterdam was once famous for its alternative nightlife but now a planned new multi-storey building that will be home to a club, cafe and apartments has become a flashpoint in the battle between preserving heritage buildings and rowdy entertainment.In the latest urban planning tussle to hit one of Europe’s most densely populated countries, neighbours of Amsterdam’s planned “Institute for Night Culture” (INC) fear it will shake their foundations. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Single councillor will go into battle in row over plan to build 216 homes

He's offered his services after two other elected members pulled back

Events

4 w. ago Residents link hands to protest plan for 20m structures at beauty spot

There are major plans to build 27 radar dishes at Cawdor Barracks in Brawdy but residents are not happy

Events