New planning rulebook promises to facilitate ‘building attractive & better-designed homes in areas where they are needed’

"Sustainability and heritage protection should go hand in hand" says the National Trust in a new report led by Grosvenor.

New permitted development laws are going before Parliament today, allowing upward extensions and the rebuilding of unused buildings without the need for full planning permission.

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has set out another raft of proposals designed "to bring Britain’s planning system into the 21st century."