DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING

A plan that would see more than 1,800 homes built on countryside close to Bletchley in Milton Keynes is to be decided at a public inquiry.

Mike Amesbury claims the PDR developer has no plans to replace the building’s single-glazed windows and expressed concern about fire safety.

The extra funding will be given to neighbourhood planning groups in urban and deprived communities with the aim of helping them plan their local area.

Shelter is among those who have voiced further opposition against plans to scrap Section 106 agreements under the recent planning reform proposals.

The site in Latchford, Warrington, will see WVHT begin the construction of 41 affordable rent apartments later this month.

Demolition work on the Morris Walk estate in Woolwich marks the launch of a new Lovell housing development on the site of former 1960s council blocks.