tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications 2025-12-18T16:01:02+00:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/nature-restoration-fund-to-accelerate-housebuilding-and-improve-nature 2025-12-18T16:01:02+00:00

• New homes to be built while nature is recovered at scale as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill receives Royal Assent

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/planning-reforms-to-accelerate-falmouth-docks-redevelopment 2025-10-20T22:30:03+01:00

Falmouth Docks becomes the latest major infrastructure project to benefit from a lead environmental regulator - reducing delays and speeding up planning approvals

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-pathway-for-sustainable-growth-in-englands-industrial-hubs 2025-07-30T09:15:01+01:00

Landmark report into environmental challenges and opportunities in three industrial clusters - Humber, Teesside and HyNet (North West)

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/planning-inspectorate-publishes-annual-report-and-accounts-202425 2025-06-26T12:07:06+01:00

Progress in planning delivery highlighted in annual performance review

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-steps-in-to-build-first-major-reservoirs-in-30-years 2025-05-29T11:18:47+01:00

New reservoirs will supply three quarters of a million homes and unlock the building of tens of thousands more as part of the Plan for Change

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/water-investment-to-unlock-growth-in-east-of-england 2025-03-13T15:07:57+00:00

Environment Secretary Steve Reed visited Cambridge to discuss the region’s urgent water needs.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/planning-revolution-to-fuel-growth-and-make-britain-energy-secure 2025-03-10T17:42:23+00:00

Dozens of clean energy projects will jump to the front of the queue for grid connections, through new measures in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/planning-proposals-to-unblock-vital-infrastructure-and-drive-natures-recovery 2025-01-22T15:34:21+00:00

A new Nature Restoration Fund will accelerate infrastructure projects and enable developers to meet their environmental obligations faster.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/47-million-to-unlock-28000-nutrient-neutrality-stalled-homes 2024-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Tens of thousands of new homes will be delivered across England, thanks to government funding and partnership work, to unlock stalled homes across England.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/top-tips-for-getting-started-with-design-codes 2024-10-01T14:14:21+01:00

The top tips for getting started with Design Codes sets out what local planning authority officers and other producers of design codes need to consider.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/12-million-cockett-wick-seawall-improvement-scheme-completed 2024-08-15T12:08:16+01:00

The Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme has been completed, ensuring 3,000 homes and businesses in Jaywick are better protected from tidal flooding.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/planning-inspectorate-update-on-national-infrastructure-early-adopters-programme 2024-02-06T12:57:27+00:00

The Planning Inspectorate provides an update on the Early Adopters Programme which involves seven projects trialling potential components of a future enhanced pre-application service for National Infrastructure.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/shifting-shoreham-shingle-to-lancing-for-better-flood-protection 2024-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Recent storms caused erosion on the beach in Lancing. Up to 12,000 cubic metres of shingle will be brought in to maintain defence to homes and businesses.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/slough-multifuel-extension-project-development-consent-decision-announced 2023-11-28T14:53:53+00:00

Today, 28 November 2023, the Slough Multifuel Extension Project application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. 

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/biodiversity-net-gain-moves-step-closer-with-timetable-set-out 2023-09-27T17:09:00+01:00

Developers in England will be required to deliver 10% “Biodiversity Net Gain” from January 2024 onwards.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/performance-update-july-2023 2023-07-20T14:44:23+01:00

Performance and other updates following the publication of our latest official monthly statistics.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/the-planning-inspectorate-publishes-annual-report-and-accounts-202223 2023-06-29T12:33:19+01:00

The Planning Inspectorate has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/west-kent-flood-storage-area-expansion-scheme 2022-11-25T14:46:54+00:00

Approval for work from 2023. Properties better protected from flooding will increase to beyond 1,400. Basin will hold more than 7 million cubic metres of water

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/public-sector-equality-duty-ensuring-the-inspectorate-is-an-inclusive-place-to-work 2022-04-20T12:05:41+01:00

The Planning Inspectorate is committed to workforce equality, diversity and inclusion, and ensuring we comply with section 149 of the Equality Act.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/local-communities-urged-to-help-shape-the-natural-world-around-them 2021-08-10T13:28:12+01:00

Government launches consultation into a new nature mapping plan for local communities