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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

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 1d ago

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

The Guardian

Environment | The Guardian US 1d ago

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

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Feb 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

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Feb 17

Cheshire council leaders urged to resign after proposing new town without local support https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/17/cheshire-council-leaders-new-town-adlington-without-local-support #Cheshire #LocalGovernment #Housing #PlanningPolicy #Labour #Communities #NorthOfEngland #England #Politics #UkNews

Cheshire council leaders urged to resign after proposing new town without local support

Opposition councillor says 20,000-home development in Adlington put forward with ‘no consultation, no scrutiny’

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Feb 9

A new town for the 21st century? Seven-village build to begin after 20-year journey https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/09/gilston-hertfordshire-new-town-for-21st-century-seven-village-build #Housing #Society #Communities #SocialHousing #ConstructionIndustry #Hertfordshire #England #Labour #UkNews #PlanningPolicy

A new town for the 21st century? Seven-village build to begin after 20-year journey

Gilston in Hertfordshire aims to be rebuke to cookie-cutter estates with network of 10,000 new homes within country parks and woodland

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Peter Geraghty Jan 30

Next up at the POS (Planning Officers Society) Joint Networks Conference is Steven Bell and Nagla Stevens, from Birketts Solicitors discussing what do the new NPPF and NDMPs mean for local authorities. #planningpolicy #publicsectormatters #proudofplanning

World news | The Guardian Jan 28

England planning proposals fail to mention safety of women and girls, say critics https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/28/england-planning-proposals-fail-to-mention-safety-of-women-and-girls-say-critics #PlanningPolicy #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Politics #Society #UkNews #JessPhillips #Women #England

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

Environment | The Guardian US Jan 22

Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/22/government-ai-datacentre-approval-quashed #PlanningPolicy #AiArtificialIntelligence #Buckinghamshire #UkNews #Energy #Environment #Labour

Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed

Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Jan 22

Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed

Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’

The Guardian