Alex King

🚨The planning minister Matthew Pennycook has flatly rejected Oldham Council's request to leave Places for Everyone, GM's joint spatial strategy @howard_sykes, leader of the council’s opposition Lib Dem group, dubbed the decision “a betrayal of democracy” https://t.co/1Kia842xkT

RT @CHinchliffMP: Plans to reform environmental regulations risk irreversible harm to nature. My amendments to the Planning Bill would pre…

A mining firm has withdrawn its planning application for the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years, after the High Court quashed planning permission https://t.co/jhvOYomFQ1

RT @DowningAm: Building energy grids is slower and more expensive than ever before in British history. New blog. https://t.co/SkBTKAYuKY…

A council has paid a man £5,000 in compensation after one of its planning officers accidentally approved his neighbour's plans for a home extension https://t.co/5DG1iVJxb8

Alexander said the scheme's “significant economic and socio-economic benefits… are so substantial that they, along with the capacity that will be delivered, outweigh all of the negative environmental and other harms identified” by the planning inspectors

Alex King @alexdpking

🚨 Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, has approved the expansion of Luton Airport against inspectors' advice https://t.co/wtqmjZuUBx

🚨 Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, has approved the expansion of Luton Airport against inspectors' advice https://t.co/wtqmjZuUBx

A former elected city mayor, a city council planning assistant director and an ex-planning officer and are among 12 people that have appeared in court to face bribery and public office misconduct charges Full story 👇 https://t.co/JV4Dl5k9cU https://t.co/UlGOc8FTuf

NEW The Supreme Court has backed a council’s right to insist that only members that were present at previous relevant meetings can vote on planning applications, in a judgment that backs plans for the controversial redevelopment of an iconic London brewery https://t.co/FrMrnsFtiZ https://t.co/xnP4JqSewD

🚨 An MP has called on the housing secretary Angela Rayner to intervene in a ‘disgraceful’ bid by a county council to cut affordable housing on a 2,750-home scheme by 75% More 👇 https://t.co/mEFQ09s0fE https://t.co/U0p2q4RXiY

RT @alexdpking: The @OBR_UK has predicted that the gov's changes to the National Planning Policy Framework will push housebuilding to its h…

The @OBR_UK has predicted that the gov's changes to the National Planning Policy Framework will push housebuilding to its highest level for 40 years, but that the gov will ultimately miss its target to deliver 1.5m new homes this parliament by 200,000 https://t.co/BVANFe9rU0 https://t.co/U1xtiA6VQt

RT @PhinHarper: For the Guardian I went to the world's largest real estate festival MIPIM. What shocked me was not the boozy beachfront net…

RT @PollardTom: Great piece from @NEF's @abioconnor_ on the need for Labour to focus more squarely on delivering council & social housing,…

NEW The government has announced it is pushing back the introduction of the building safety levy by 12 months to give the housing sector more time to prepare for the impending charge https://t.co/aQ54ruKZv0

NEW Kevin Hollinrake, the shadow housing secretary, has attacked the government’s ‘toxic’ planning changes and its ‘Trojan horse’ grey belt policy Full story ⤵️ https://t.co/i95pMFmDWL

RT @TheMurkyDepths: All affordable homes set to be removed from development under new plans. Meanwhile same borough seeing huge spike in h…