Environment | The Guardian US1d ago
Enfield council withdraws from government’s new towns programme https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/28/enfield-council-withdraws-from-governments-new-towns-programme #Politics #PlanningPolicy #ConstructionIndustry #Business #UkNews #London #Environment #Housing #Society
Enfield council withdraws from government’s new towns programme

London authority’s new Tory-led administration delivers significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme

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Opinion | The Guardian US3d ago
Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say? | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/27/britain-green-transition-belong-everyone-labour-planning-protest-laws #GreenEconomy #ClimateCrisis #UkNews #Protest #WindPower #Labour #KeirStarmer #Politics #PlanningPolicy
Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say?

Tearing up planning and using protest laws to criminalise local people – this isn’t how to build the broad consent needed, says the Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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World news | The GuardianMay 20
Rachel Reeves to protect ‘critical’ clean energy projects from legal challenges https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/20/rachel-reeves-protect-clean-energy-projects-legal-challenges-environment #PlanningPolicy #EnergyIndustry #Infrastructure #Business #RachelReeves #RenewableEnergy #UsisraelWarOnIran #Energy #Politics #Environment #UkNews
Rachel Reeves to protect ‘critical’ clean energy projects from legal challenges

Chancellor’s planning shake-up would ‘reduce exposure from judicial review on all but human rights grounds’

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World news | The GuardianMay 16
Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton win battle to stop 29-storey block being built by Thames https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/16/mick-jagger-eric-clapton-win-battle-stop-29-storey-block-thames #PlanningPolicy #London #MickJagger #EricClapton #FelicityKendal #HarryHill #Housing #UkNews #LocalGovernment
Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton win battle to stop 29-storey block being built by Thames

Planning inspector backs council’s rejection of development which was ‘not exemplary, extraordinary, remarkable or distinctive, just tall’

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World news | The GuardianApr 26
‘Sludge in the system’: myriad problems stymie Labour’s 1.5m new homes pledge https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/26/sludge-in-the-system-myriad-problems-stymie-labours-15m-new-homes-pledge #ConstructionIndustry #Berkeley #UkNews #HousingMarket #Property #UsisraelWarOnIran #RealEstate #Housing #Apprenticeships #SocialHousing #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #PlanningPolicy #England
‘Sludge in the system’: myriad problems stymie Labour’s 1.5m new homes pledge

Soaring cost of building materials, lack of affordability and planning bottlenecks are some of the obstacles thwarting housing target

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Environment | The Guardian USMar 24
Ministers delay new rules for low-carbon housing in England https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/24/ministers-delay-new-rules-for-low-carbon-housing-in-england #EnergyEfficiency #Housing #ConstructionIndustry #PlanningPolicy #Energy #UkNews #HeatPumps #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #Environment #GreenhouseGasEmissions
Ministers delay new rules for low-carbon housing in England

Homes built from March 2028 will produce 75% less greenhouse gas emissions than those built according to existing 2013 standards

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World news | The GuardianMar 18
Stonehenge tunnel plan officially scrapped after years of protests https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/18/stonehenge-tunnel-plan-officially-scrapped-after-years-of-protests #Stonehenge #UkNews #Unesco #Transport #TransportPolicy #Wiltshire #Politics #Heritage #PlanningPolicy
Stonehenge tunnel plan officially scrapped after years of protests

Campaigners have been fighting proposals to build traffic tunnel under the world heritage site since 1994

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World news | The GuardianMar 18
England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/18/england-land-use-framework-nature-renewables-environmental-targets #Conservation #Farming #PlanningPolicy #RenewableEnergy #TreesAndForests #Environment #UkNews #Politics #Housing #Energy #England #SolarPower #WindPower #LocalGovernment
England should give over 7% of land to nature and renewables to meet environmental targets, data shows

Government’s first published land use framework maps how land is used and how it can be adapted to meet changing needs

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Environment | The Guardian USMar 18
Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/18/government-to-lift-paywall-from-large-parts-of-land-registry #Environment #PlanningPolicy #Farming #England #UkNews #LandRights #LandOwnership
Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry

Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

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World news | The GuardianFeb 26
Martin Clunes loses planning battle with new travellers near Dorset home https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/26/martin-clunes-planning-battle-new-travellers-dorset #Dorset #RomaGypsiesAndTravellers #MartinClunes #PlanningPolicy #LocalGovernment #England #UkNews #Society
Martin Clunes loses planning battle with new travellers near Dorset home

Councillors vote to allow couple to stay on plot of land, overruling objections of Wuthering Heights actor

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