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Loosening of planning rules in England to allow more new homes near stations

Angela Rayner to launch guidance for ‘default yes’ on developments near transport hubs, including on green belt sites

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17

England planning proposals fail to mention safety of women and girls, say critics

Draft proposals likely to ‘embed risk and inequality’, campaigners and urban planners say

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28

From Tate Modern to Grimsby docks: the team saving Britain’s cherished buildings from the wrecking ball

Can you imagine Liverpool without its Welsh Streets or London without Battersea Power Station? For 50 years, one small band of activists have been finding creative alternative uses for great buildings their owners couldn’t see

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025

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Government will meet target of 1.5m homes, says Rayner after watchdog forecast

A Conservative former minister asked Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to ‘confirm’ the 1.5 million new homes target ‘has gone’.

Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2025

Government willing to step in if authorities refuse to plan for housing targets

The Government is ‘absolutely willing’ to take over if local authorities refuse to put plans in place to meet housing targets.

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2024

Starmer vows to put ‘builders not blockers first’ with changes to planning rules

Angela Rayner and Sir Keir Starmer have set out changes to councils’ housebuilding targets which could see green belt land developed.

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2024

Planning rules have failed to link new homes to public transport, report finds

A decade of planning policy has achieved nothing, leaving millions of people still dependent on cars, study shows

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2024

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Untouched parts of England’s green belt at risk amid housing target pressure

Exclusive: Campaigners accuse ministers of making misleading promises about protecting green belt sites

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024

Green belt land just isn’t that green anymore

The new UK government’s plans to “get Britain building” include the reintroduction of targets to build 1.5 million new houses, which is likely to encroach on some of the country’s protected countryside spaces or “green belt”. Further pressure comes from plans to build more energy infrastructure such as pylons and…

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2024

Developers call for government to make cities more welcoming to women and girls

Developers are speaking out a national planning policy meeting included just one gender-related question

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2023

‘Detached from reality’: anger as Rishi Sunak plans to restrict solar panels

Climate campaigners dismiss government argument that move will improve food security

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2023

Greater Manchester's housing masterplan branded 'waste of time and money' as government plans U-turn

“It irritates me what an absolute waste of time, what an absolute waste of public money over the past three years."

Manchester Evening News · Dec 20, 2022

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