The Local Government Association has said that in principle, a national scheme of delegation could be supported to drive clarity and consistency across planning committees and to improve speed and efficiencies in decision-making for local authorities.

A Planning Court judge has given campaign group Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) permission to bring a legal challenge over the Mayor of London’s decision to grant planning permission for the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC)’s proposed redevelopment of the former Wimbledon Park golf course.

The City of London Corporation is facing a potential judicial review of its decision to approve the demolition of the former Museum of London and Bastion House and redevelopment of the site into three office buildings.

The Government should explore the introduction of new laws to force developers to build within a certain time frame of securing planning permission, or face sanctions, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has suggested.

More than 100 sites across England have been put forward for consideration to be part of the next generation of new towns, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has said.

The Planning Court has quashed the grant of planning permission for a multi-million pound extension of a caravan park, following a legal challenge brought by local residents.

A council has made a referral to the police amid concerns that objections to a planning application for a new sports facility may not have been made by the person whose name was registered to the objection.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has published an AI Playbook, setting out ten principles civil servants should uphold when using AI.

The Supreme Court will next week consider whether Regulation 63 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (“the Habitats Regulations”) require an ‘appropriate assessment’ to be undertaken for subsequent approvals after the grant of outline planning permission at a further consent stage, i.e. at the approval of reserved matters and discharge of conditions stages.

Some 140 registered providers and more than 70 local authorities have registered as potential buyers through Homes England’s new section 106 affordable housing clearing service in its first 50 days.

Government plans to change the judicial review process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) could risk "sidelining public accountability, diluting the rule of law and causing practical issues in the courts", a legal reform group has warned.

An electricity supplier has been refused permission to take Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to judicial review despite the council’s failure to publish a local press notice concerning a planning application.